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OF 


OREGON. 


BY 


FRANK  L  HODGKIN. 


J.  J.  GALVIN. 


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COPYHIGHT  APPLIED  FOR. 


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Farmer  and  Dairyman  Publishing  House. 

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INTRODUCTION. 


Some  one  who  evidently  knew  what  he  was  talkmg  about  has 
said  "  Oh,  that  mine  enemy  would  write  a  book,"  Well,  we  have 
written  ours,  and  here  it  is  for  our  enemies  to  make  the  most  of. 
We  expect  and  welcome  criticism,  realizing  only  too  well  that 
our  little  work  is  incomplete,  and  perhaps  somewhat  crude  in 
detail.  Our  only  excuse  is  the  hurried  manner  in  which  it  has 
been  prepared  and  the  difficulties  encountered  in  securing  the 
necessary  data  on  which  to  base  our  sketches.  We  have  in  six 
short  weeks  written  brief  biographies  of  upward  of  two  hun- 
dred and  fifty  of  the  representative  men  of  our  State,  resid- 
ing in  all  its  distant  nooks  and  corners.  This  has  entailed  no 
small  amount  of  labor  on  our  part.  Such  being  the  case,  we 
would  crave  the  friendly  indulgeiice  of  our  readers  and  ask  of 
them,  so  far  as  consistent  with  their  good  nature,  "  to  pass  our 
imperfections  by."  While  we  would  not  have  them  imagine  that 
we  have  written  biographies  of  all  our  representative  men,  still, 
we  do  flatter  ourselves  that  those  we  have  secured  stand  prom- 
inent in  their  respective  stations.  We  may  at  some  future  time 
complete  the  task  that  has  thus  far  been  but  barely  commenced. 
Meanwhile,  we  set  this  little  waif  afloat  upon  the  almost  bound- 
less sea  of  literature,  trusting  that  it  may  at  least  fill  its  allotted 
sphere;  and,  sometime,  in  the  dim  future,  when  those  whose 
names  are  inscribed  herein  shall  have  passed  away,  serve  to  re- 
call their  virtues  and  bring  to  mind  the  then  representative  men 
of  Oregon.  If  it  will  do  this,  and  at  the  same  time  please  our 
patrons,  we  are  content.  Thanking  a  generous  public  for  the  lib- 
eral support  accorded  us,  we  remain  very  respectfully  their  obe- 
dient servants,  The  Publishers. 

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INDEX 


Abel],  F.G 104 

Abraham,  Sol 76 

Adams,  E.  G 191 

Adams,  H.  F 101 

Atkinson,  J.  F 195 

Baughman,  J.  H 46 

Bailey,  J.  K IQO 

Babcock,  F  J 160 

Bacon,  0.  P. 162 

Bachman,  J 165 

Barin,  L.  T 76 

Berry,  F.  P .'..'.'.'.'     150 

Belt,  G.  W 169 

Bean,  E.  S xix 

Bennett,  A.  S xviii 

Benjamin,  W.  F 79 

Besser,  L 72 

Bilyeu,  W.  E .' 13 

Blake,  M.  F 189 

Bleakney,  J.  G 52 

Blum,  L ]12 

Blythe.  S.  F '.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.     193 

Boise,  E.  P XVI 

Bonham,  B.  F 166 

Boothby,  W.  F .'     151 

Bower,  J.  M 135 

Boyd,  H.C .'.■.■.'.■     110  ! 

Bronaugb,  E.  C 79  i 

Brenner,  J.  H 77  : 

Brown,  H.  G 45  j 

Bush,   A '       57 

Burnett,  J.  J []    '     188  { 

Burnett,  G  H " ' '     159  | 

Burnett,  J 71  | 

Burch,  B.  F ." .' '     106  i 

Buchtel,  J 168  i 

Byars,  W.  H ■'.■■       vi  | 

Carson,  J.  C 37  { 

Caples,  J.  F 114  ' 

Carpenter,  H 71 

Cartwriffht,  J.  C ]'     111 

Casey,  E ...'..'.     198 

Cauthoru,  T.  E 10 

Chadwick,  S.  F 94 

Chamberlin,  M.  L ' ' '     109 

Chapman,  W.  S [     186  ^ 

Chapman,  W.  W 133 

Chapman,  J.  A...  115 

Child,  J.  A '.'.'.'.'.'.'.     108 

Clinton,  H.  M 189 

Clow,  E '_[]      20 


!  Coldwell,  E,  L 188 

Colvijor,  G.  W ;       21 

Collins,  J.  L 93 

Condon,  S.  W xxv 

Congle,  J.  B 64 

Condon,  T 88 

Cook,  W.  T .'.'.'.'■     126 

Crawford,  G.  F 42 

Crawford,  T.  H ..'.  155 

Crawford,  J.  W II4 

Curtis,  W.  E ['.[  31 

,  D'Arcy,  P.  H 69 

Davenport,  T.  W 5 

Deady,  M.  P 142 

Dement,  E.  M 92 

Denny,  O.  N 179 

'  DeLashmutt,  V.  B..  87 

;  Doiph,  J.  N ;; ;  ix 

I  Dorrig,  G.  B 7 

Dufur,  W.  H.  H '.'..'.]  28 

Durham,  G.  H 129 

I  Eakin,  S.  B 32 

Earhart,  E.  P m 

Faulconer,  T.  N 44 

Fithiau,  J.  B "  197 

Ford,  T ;;;  154 

Fulton,  C.W 100 

Fullerton,  J.  C 67 

Gates,  N.  H \  u 

Garrison,  J.  M 125 

George,  M.  C xi 

Geary,  E.  E [\  105 

Gearin,  J.  M 181 

Gibbs,  A.  C 68 

Gibbs,  W.  W .■.'.■.■  131 

Gilbert,  A,  N 46 

Gill,  J.  K ; ; ; ; ;  177 

Gregg,  J.  T 74 

Haines,  I.  D 16 

Hayes,  E.  B 33 

Hall,  H 18 

Hare,  W.  D 152 

Hart,  W.  A 162 

Harris,  W.  H 25 

Hanna,  H.  K xx 

Hawley,  J.  H 51 

Hendershott,  J m 

Hendricks,  T,  G 16 

Himes,  G.  H 61 

Hill,  E.   W 152 

Hill,  W.  L 156 


INDEX. 


Hirsch,  E v 

Hirsch,  Sol ' 2 

Hod^'kin,  F.  E xxii 

Holmes,  W.  H 80 

Holton,  D 136 

Holmau,  A 184 

Hoult,  E 9 

Humphrey,  N,  B 7 

Hiimpbrey,  G 96 

Hunt,  J.  A 30 

Hutchinson,  J.  0 116 

Ireland,  D.C 108 

l8on,L.  B 39 

James,  W.  S 63 

Jessup,  S.  R 86 

Jessup,  E 15 

Johns,  C.  A 117 

Johnson,  W.  0 74 

Jones,  U.  L 44 

Josephi,  S.  E 66 

Keadv,W.  P 38 

Kelly',  P 39 

Kelly,  J 86 

Kelly,  J.  K 67 

Kelsay,  J 140 

Kinney,  A 82 

Kizer,  F.  M 36 

Kni-rht,  P.  S 78 

Ladd,  W.  S 140 

Lee,  J.  D 10 

Lockhart,  A 102 

Long,  J 48 

Lord,  W.  P XII 

Lundberg,  W 99 

Marquam,  P.  A 40 

Marston,  H.  L 50 

Mays,  F.  P 138 

Marshall,  A.  J 171 

Mallory,  Rut'us 172 

McBride,  G.  W 24 

McBride,  T.  A 145 

McCain,  J 130 

McConnell,  W.  J 1 

McCornack,  E.  P xxiv 

McCully,  A.  A 120 

McElroy,  E.  B vm 

McKercher,  D 119 

Merryman,  J.  D 126 

Merry,  T.  B 183 

Miller,  J.  F 70 

Miller,  W.P ;;  80 

Mires,  A 8*^ 

Mitchell,  J.  H 146 

Moody,  Z.   F i 

Moreland,  J.  C 97 

Moreland,  S.  A ]][]  184 

Moomaw,  D.  L 101 

Montgomery,  J.  B 55 

Moss,  S.  P []  27 

Morras,  W ]   [  29 


Moores,  L  R 168 

Moores,  0.  B xxi 

Mulkey,  M.  F 81 

Myers,  J 18 

Newcomb,  R 102 

Newbury,  W.S 131 

Nickliu,  A.  1 107 

Nichols,  B.  F 53 

Noitner,  A 182 

Noyer,  P.   S 36 

Oatman,  H.  B 119 

Odeneal,  T.  B xxv 

Odell,  W.  H 185 

Patton,  T.  M 103 

Paxton,  O.  F 124 

Patterson,  F.  A 45 

Parker.  A 26 

Pennington,  S.  M 6 

Perkins,  W.  A 28 

Peebles,  J.  O 97 

Pilkington,  J.  B 103 

Pittinger,  J.  M 98 

Plummer,  O.  P.  S 49 

Powell,  L.  J 163 

Prim,  P.  P 17 

Prentice,  D.W 123 

Pratt,  I.  W 165 

Reed,  F.  C 12 

Reid,W 174 

Reed,  C.  A 121 

Rigdon,  W.  T 42 

Rice,  J.  N : 51 

Ripinsky,  S 136 

Robbins,  J.   H 176 

Rock,  J 191 

Samuels,   L 187 

Sanders,  I.  N 118 

Sappiugton,  J.  W 48 

Savage,  O.  S 161 

Saylor,  W.   H 170 

Scott,  H.  W 182 

Scott,  L.S :.  124 

Schwatka,  Fred 65 

Sewall,  W.  R 116 

Sears,  G.  C 69 

Shattuck,  E.  D 158 

Shaw,  T.  0 157 

Sharp,  R.  J 34 

Showers,  W 110 

Shurtliff,  F.  N 171 

Simpson,  B 166 

Siglin,  J.  M 11 

Sifers,  J.  B 12 

Simon,  Joseph 4 

Sinnott,  P.  B 130 

Skiflf,  L.  S 123 

Smith,  J 47 

Smith,  T.  F 13"/ 

Sperry,  J.  B 43 

Stanley,  A.  C 51 


INDEX. 


Starkweather,  W.  A 8 

Stephens,  J.  B 121 

Steel,  G.  A 139 

Stearns,  D.W 21 

Stearns,  L.  B 60 

Stewart,  F.  A 54 

Story,  G.  L 173 

Stott,  K XVII 

Stewart,  C.  H 113 

Struble,  W.  E 197 

Stites,  T.J 190 

Stearuf,  L.  B 60 

Struble,  W 197 

Sutherland,  T.  A 185 

Tanner,  A.  H 35 

Taylor,  F.  J 122 

Thompson,  H.  Y 177 

Thornton,  H 46 

Thayer,  W.W 173 

Tolniau,  J.  C 83 

Truitt,  W 41 

Tustin,  F.  P 91 

Tyson,  R  H 19 

Van  Scoy,  T 84 


Veatch,  R.  M 30 

Voorhees,  J 9 

Watson,  E.  B xiv 

Watson,  C.B 90 

Waite,  E.  M 118 

Ward,  J.  P 148 

Watkinds,  W.  H 128 

Waldo,  W 14 

Waters,    A.  W 20 

Webb,  H.  P 33 

Wheeler,  A.  F xxiii 

Whitney,  J.  J 25 

Whalley,  J.  W 160 

White,  E.D 149 

Whiteaker,  J 178 

Witherell,  A.  W 113 

Williams,  G.  H 127 

Williams,  W.  R 75 

WiUis,W.R 75 

Wilson,  B.   W 132 

Wiley,  J.  R 194 

AVilbur,  A.  C 27 

Wright,D 22 

Yocum,  G.  W 149 


ERRATA. 


Page  31— W.  "P."  Curtis  should  read  W.  "R"  Curtis. 
Page  96 — In  S.  F.  Chadwick's  sketch  the  name  W.  T.  "Long"  should 
read  W.  T.  «  Gray." 

Page  189— "A."  M.  Clinton  should  read  "H."  M.  CHnton. 


ST^^TE    OFp^iOEPlS. 


GOVERNOR    Z.    F.    MOODY. 

Zeaas  Ferry  Moody,  Governor  of  the  Wtate  of  Oregon,  was  boru  on  the 
27th  day  of  May,  1832,  in  Granby,  Mass.     His  father  was  Major  Thomas  H. 
Moody.     His  mother  Avas  Hannah  M.  Ferry,  an  aunt  of   Senator  T.   W. 
Ferry,  of  Michigan,  formerly  Vice-President  of  the  United  States.     Gov. 
Moody  comes  of  good  old  New  England  Revolutionary  stock,  his  grand- 
father, Gideon  Moody,  having  borne  arms  as  a  soldier  during  the  Eevolu- 
tionary  war.     He  has  proven  himself  worthy  of  his  lineage,  and  the  prin- 
ciples which  he  imbibed  on  New  England  soil  have  been  the  giiide  of  his 
whole  subsequent  life.     The  sturdy  virtues  of  that  stock  are  too  well  known 
to  require  comment;   they  have  become  historical.      The  public  men  of 
New  England  have  led  the  van  in  every  reform,  and  have   taken  a  most 
prominent  part  in  molding  all  of  that  history  of  which  the  American  peo- 
ple are  most  proud.     New  England  ideas  have  been  infused  throughout  the 
whole  of  our  national  life,  and  we  have  come  to  expect  from  men  of  that 
nationality  those  sturdy  qualities,  which  have  contributed  so  largely  to  our 
happiness  and  prosperity  as  a  people.     Mr.  Moody's  childhood  was  sjjent 
in  Granby.     In  1848  he  removed  to  Chicopee,  Mass.,  where  he  remained  the 
ensuing  three  years.     On  the  13th  day  of  March,  1851,  he  sailed  from  New 
York  for  Oregon  via  the  Isthmus,  with  a  company,  among  whom  was  Hon. 
Samuel  R.  Thurston,  the  first  Delegate  to  Congress  from  the  Territory  of 
Oregon.     He  came  direct  to  Oregon  City,  then  the  principal  town  of  Ore- 
gon, landing  there  on  the  21st  day  of  April,  1851.     From  this  time  until 
1853  he  was  engaged  on  the  United  States  Surveys  as  one  of  the  "Freeman 
party,"  so  called  after  James  E.  Freeman,  Avho  stuck  the  first  pin  in  the  United 
States  Surveys  in  Oregon,  established  the  initial  point  of  the  Willamette  Mer- 
idian, and  e.vCtfnded  this  Meridian  to  the  Canyon  Mountains.     In  1853,  Mr. 
Moody  removed  to  Brownsville,  Oregon,  where  he  engaged  in  the  mercantile 
business.     In  the  fall  of  1853  he   was   married   to   Miss  Mary  Stephenson, 
his  present   wife.     Four   sons   and  one  daughter  now  constitute  the  family 
group.     In  1856  he  was  appointed  Inspector  of  Cnited  States  Surveys  in  Cal- 
ifornia.    After  completing  his  duties  as  such  Inspector  he  went  to  Illinois 
where  he  retnained  four  years,  during  a  portion  of  which  time  he  was  the 
Surveyor  of  Morgan  county.     He  happened  to  be  in  Washington,  D.  C,  when 
Fort  Sumter  was  fired  upon  in  1861  and  enrolled  as  one  of  a  company  formed 
to  protect  the  city  until  the  arrival  of  the  regular  troops.     In  the  year  1862  he 
removed  to  The  Dalles,  engaging  there  in  the  mercantile  business.     In  1863, 
though  still  continuing  his  residence  at  The  Dalles,  he  removed  his  business 
to  Umatilla,  the  development  of  the  Boise  mines  having  contributed  towards 
making  this  an  important  business  point.     Here  he  I'emained  in  lousiness  until 
the  fall  of  1865.     In  the  spring  of  1866  he  built  the  steamer  '•  Mary  Moody" 
to  operate  on  Pen  d'Oreille  Lake,  and  afterwards  aided  in  organizing  the 


REPRESENTATIVE    MEN    OF    OREGON. 


"Oregon  and  Montana  Transportation  Company."  This  company  built 
two  other  steamboats,  consti'ucted  portage  roads,  established  Cabinet  Land- 
ing and  projected  other  enterprises  with  the  object  of  securing  the  trade  of 
the  Kootenai  mines,  and  diverting,  if  possible,  the  trade  of  Montana  to- 
wards Portland,  just  as  is  now  being  done  by  the  committee  of  merchants 
operating  under  the  auspices  of  the  Portland  Board  of  Trade.  The  route 
selected  by  Mr.  MiJody  in  1866  is  the  same  as  that  over  which  the  line  of 
the  N.  P.  R.  R.  Company  now  runs.  This  venture,  however,  was  in  advance 
of  the  times  and  resulted  in  heavy  financial  loss.  In  the  fall  of  1867  he  en- 
gaged in  the  mercantile  business  in  Boise  city,  where  he  remained  for  two 
years.  In  1869  he  disposed  of  his  business  interests  there  and  returned  to 
The  Dalles,  where  he  took  charge  of  tbe  extensive  business  of  Wells,  Fargo 
&  Co.  In  the  fail  of  1873  he  resigned  this  position,  and  in  March,  1874,  he 
was  awarded  the  contract  for  carrying  vhe  United  States  Mail  between  Port- 
laud  and  The  Dalles,  and,  in  connection  with  this  contract,  established  a  line 
of  steamers  to  operate  between  the  points  named.  In  1875  he  withdrew  from 
the  management  and  control  of  the  transportation  line,  and  in  the  follow- 
ing year  resumed  business  at  The  Dalles,  where  he  resided  until  called  to 
the  executive  chair.  Since  his  accession  to  the  Governorship,  his  extensive 
business  interests  at  The  Dalles  have  been  under  the  control  and  general 
management  of  his  sous.  Prior  to  tbe  late  civil  war.  Gov.  Moody  was  a 
Whig.  Since  that  time  he  has  been  au  active  and  pronounced  Republican,, 
his  first  Presidential  vote  having  been  cast  for  Abraham  Lincoln  in  1860. 
While  always  active  in  the  Republican  ranks,  he  has  not  sought  office,  tliough 
)ie  has  for  many  years  been  prominent  in  the  Republican  councils,  and  has 
been  frequently  urged  for  high  stations  to  be  filled  by  the  State  Conven- 
tions of  that  party.  In  1872  he  was  nominated  by  the  Republicans  in  the 
Democratic  county  of  Wasco  for  State  Senator,  and  after  an  active  canvass 
was  elected  by  an  undoubted  majority.  His  election,  however,  was  con- 
tested by  his  Democratic  competitor,  whose  party  friends,  having  a  major- 
ity in  the  State  Senate,  awarded  him  the  seat.  In  1880  he  was  nominated 
Ijy  the  Republicans  of  Wasco  for  Representative,  and  although  this  county 
is  Democratic  by  an  average  majority  of  nearly  200,  Mr.  Moody  was 
elected  by  a  majority  of  150.  At  the  session  of  the  Legislature  immedi- 
ately following  this  election  he  was  chosen  Speaker  of  the  House  of  Rep- 
resentatives. So  satisfactory  was  his  discharge  of  the  duties  of  this  po- 
sition that  his  name  was  from  that  time  forth  prominently  mentioned  in 
connection  with  the  nomination  for  the  Governorship..  The  next  Republican 
State  Convention  was  held  in  Portland  in  April,  1882,  and  on  the  21st  day 
of  that  month,  just  thirty-one  years  from  the  day  upon  which  he  first  landed 
in  Oregon  City,  he  was  nominated  as  Governor  of  tbe  State.  On  the  5th 
day  of  June  following  he  was  elected  Governor  over  his  Democratic  com- 
petitor, Hon.  Joseph  S.  Smith,  by  a  majority  of  1,452  votes,  although  his 
opponent  was  one  of  the  strongest  and  most  popular  Democrats  in  the  State. 
On  the  13th  day  of  September,  1882,  just  thirty-one  and  one-half  years  from 
the  day  upon  which  he  sailed  from  New  York  for  Oiegon,  he  delivered  his 
inaugural  message  as  Governor  of  the  State.  Governor  Moody  is  a  man  of 
business  capacity,  whose  executive  ability  has  been  tested  for  many  years  in 


REPRESENTATIVE    MEN    OF    ORE(K>N.  iii 

the  management  of  an  extensive  wholesale  business  in  Eastern  ( J rej^oii.  He 
brings  to  the  executive  office  a  well-trained  mind,  exact  business  methods, 
and  a  keenness  of  perception  in  financial  matters  that  fjualify  him  to 
make  at  once  a  successful  and  popular  Executive.  With  a,  courteous 
manner  that  prompts  him  to  accord  a  respectful  hearing  to  all,  he  combines 
discrimination  and  tirmuess  of  purpose.  Physically  he  is  of  a  splendid  type. 
He  is  of  compact  build,  with  a  han^lsome,  ruddy  face  that  iDdicates  sound 
health,  a  keen,  sparkling  eye,  through  whicli  is  displayed  the  cheerful  and 
sociable  nature,  determined  to  extract  all  the  good  things  fiom  life  con- 
sistent with  sobriety,  and  an  elastic  step  and  a  rapid  movement  that  bespeak 
the  busy  man  of  affairs.  One  who  lives  well,  appears  well,  and,  in  all,  prom- 
ises to  do  well,  he  brings  to  his  office  a  popular  manner,  with  a  dignity  and 
reserve  such  as  the  station  demands.  He  is  one  who  will  make  it  his  sole 
business  to  attend  to  the  duties  of  his  office,  and  will  not  use  it  as  a  step- 
ping-stone to  secure  a  greater  prize.  Judging  from  the  nature  of  the  man, 
from  the  habits  which  have  characterized  his  business  life,  and  from  the 
disposition  he  has  shown  since  entering  upon  the  duties  of  the  executive 
office,  we  are  justified  in  predicting  for  him  one  of  the  most  successful  ad- 
ministrations known  in  the  liistory  of  the  State  of  Oregon. 


HON.    ROOKEY    P.    EARHART. 

There  is  perhaps  no  more  responsible  position  in  the  State  government 
of  Oregon  than  that  of  Secretary  of  State,  embracing,  aa  it  does,  the  addi- 
tional duties  and  responsibilities  of  Auditor  and  Comptroller  in  connection 
with  his  important  duties  as  custodian  of  the  (Ireat  Seal,  and  a  more  com- 
petent man  than  Mr.  Earbart  could  not  have  been"  found  to  fill  it.  He  ap- 
pears peculiarly  fitted  by  nature  for  the  duties  of  public  life,  po.ssessing  that 
personal  magnetism  which  affects  to  a  more  or  less  degree  every  one  with 
whom  he  comes  in  contact.  It  seems  to  flow  from  him  as  naturally  as  light 
comes  from  the  sun,  and  he  is  at  all  times  brimming  over  with  geniality  and 
good  humor.  He  is  accustomed  to  look  upon  the  bright  side  of  lif«,  and  im- 
parts the  sunshine  of  good  cheer  to  those  aboxit  him.  Whole-souled,  genial 
and  courteous,  he  gains  staunch  friends  at  every  turn.  Honest,  upright 
and  straightforward  in  all  his  dealings,  he  takes  it  for  granted  all  men  are 
the  same  until  they  show  the  cloven  foot.  He  possesses  the  true  instincts 
of  a  gentleman  both  in  friendship  and  enmities,  and  in  his  official  acts  per- 
sonal feelings  never  prompt  results.  He  deals  with  all  alike,  and  shows 
neither  fear  nor  favor.  Politics  never  come  between  himself  and  those  with 
whom  he  has  official  dealings,  and  many  of  his  staunchest  friends  and  ad- 
mirers are  found  in  opposing  political  ranks.  In  his  present  position  he 
has  no  friends  to  reward  or  enemies  to  punish,  save  such  as  earn  favors  at 
his  hands  which  can  be  bestowed  without  in  any  measure  compromising  his 
official  capacity.  Punctuality  and  thoroughness  are  among  the  leading 
traits  of  his  character,  and  it  is  to  these  qualities,  added  to  his  social 
worth,  that  he  owes  the  popularity  and  respect  which  he  has  gained 
from  the  people  of  the  State  he  so  ably  serves.  Mr.  Earhart  was 
born  in  Franklin,  Ohio,  on  the  23d  day  of  June,  1837,  and  came  to  Ore- 


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gon  via  the  Isthmus  in  1855.  His  educational  advaafcages  were  received 
in  select  schools  in  liis  native  State,  and  he  made  the  most  of  the  op- 
portunities offered.  Arriving  here  and  meeting  incidentally  with  some 
of  the  public  officials  of  the  day,  his  superior  clerical  abilities  were  very 
soon  discovered  and  he  received  the  appointment  of  clerk  under  Captain 
(now  Commissary  General;  Robert  McFeely,  U.  S.  A.,  and  Quartermaster 
(now  General)  P.  H.  Sheridan,  then  stationed  at  Forts  Vancouver  and  The 
Dalles,  under  whose  latter  command  he  was  until  his  promotion  and  de- 
parture from  this  coast  in  1861.  He  was  all  through  the  Yakima  Indian 
war  of  1S55-6,  and  rendered  valuable  service  in  tue  departments  in  which 
he  was  eraijloyed.  He  afterwards  went  into  the  general  mercantile  business  iu 
Yamhill  and  Polk  counties,  until  he  succeeded  Col.  Logan  as  United  States 
Indian  Agent  at  the  Warm  Springs  Agency,  whei-e  he  remained  until  the  ap- 
pointment of  Captain  John  Smith,  the  present  incumbent,  in  1865.  He  served 
for  some  time  as  chief  clei-k  and  Special  Indian  Agent  under  Superintend- 
ent Huntington  and  was  Secretary  of  the  Board  of  Commissioners  appoint- 
ed by  the  general  government  to  treat  with  the  Klamath  wad  Modoc  In- 
dians. In  1868  he  engaged  in  the  mercantile  business  in  Salem,  in  which  he 
continued  until  1872.  Mr.  Eaihart  was  active  in  conjunction  with  other  cit- 
izens in  maintaining  peace  and  quietude  at  the  capital  during  the  trouble- 
some times  when  the  civil  war  was  raging  and  when  an  outbreak  might  have 
been  made  iu  our  very  midst  but  for  the  courage  and  cool-headedness  of 
a  few  of  our  best  citizens  Avho  were  prepared  for  active  service  and  could 
be  ready  for  any  emergency  at  almost  a  moment's  notice.  In  1870,  when 
the  stockholders  of  the  Chemeketa  Hotel,  then  just  completed,  were  look- 
ing around  for  some  popular  and  energetic  man  to  manage  it,  they  unan- 
imously selected  Mr.  Earhart,  who  reluctantly  accepted,  and  for  year  or 
more  was  its  proprietor.  He  was  chief  clerk  in  the  office  of  Superintendent 
of  Indian  Affairs  iu  1872-3.  He  also  represented  Marion  county  in  the 
House  in  1870,  and  was  instrumental  in  securing  the  first  appropriation 
for  the  erection  of  public  buildings  in  this  State.  He  afterwards  mo%'ed 
to  Portland  and  was  for  some  time  engaged  iu  the  business  management 
of  the  "Daily  Bulletin."  In  1871  he  was  appointed  chief  clerk  of  the  Sur- 
veyor General's  office,  which  position  he  held  until  1878,  when  he  resigned 
to  accept  the  office  of  Secretary  of  State,  to  which  he  had  been  elected.  He 
entered  upon  the  duties  of  that  office  in  September  of  that  year,  and  at 
oace  commenced  a  thorough  and  systematic  overhauling  of  the  books  and 
records,  and  in  a  few  months'  time  had  the  office  in  better  shape  than  it  had 
ever  been  prior  thereto.  So  acceptably  did  he  discharge  his  official 
duties  during  his  first  term  in  that  office  that  he  received  the  unanimous 
vote  of  the  Repiiblican  State  Convention  for  renomination  and  received  a 
majority  of  over  2,500  at  the  general  election  in  June,  1882.  He  identified 
himself  with  the  Masonic  order  in  1863,  and  has  held  every  office  within  the 
gift  of  the  fraternity,  being  still  active  in  its  interests.  He  was  elected 
Grand  Secretary  of  the  Grand  Lodge  in  1872  and  served  until  1878,  when, 
in  recognition  of  his  past  services  in  that  body,  he  was  promoted  from  the 
Secretary's  desk  to  the  high  and  honorable  position  of  Grand  Master,  and 
was  re-elected  in  1879.   He  is  at  the  present  time  Sovereign  Grand  Inspector 


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and  thirty-third  of  the  Scottish  Rite  iu  the  State  of  Oregon.  He  was  in- 
strumeutal  iu  organizing  the  first  Commandery  of  Knisjhts  Templar  estab- 
lished on  tlie  North  Pacific  coast,  and  served  for  four  vears  as  its  Eminent 
Commander,  beiug  presented  on  his  retirement  from  that  office  with  per- 
haps the  handsomest  Masonic  jewel  ever  brought  to  Oregon.  Mr.  Earhart 
is  also  connected  with  the  I.  O.  O.  F.  and  tlie  A.  O.  U.  W.  He  was  married 
July  2,  1863,  to  Miss  N.  A.  Burden,  daughter  of  Judge  Burden,  of  Polk 
county,  their  family  consisting  of  four  daughters,  who  are  general  favorites 
in  society  circles.  Mr.  Earhart  is  a  gentleman  of  ordinary  height,  rather 
heavy  set,  weighing  about  170  pounds,  with  a  full  face,  partially  covered 
with  beard,  and  brown  hair.  His  features  are  pleasant  and  his  manners  are 
such  as  gain  friends  rapidly.  He  is  an  unusually  engaging  conversational- 
ist, his  descriptive  powers  beiug  ^^vid  and  his  mimicry  complete.  He  tells 
and  can  keenly  appreciate  a  good  story,  and  ten  minutes'  general  conversa- 
tion with  him  will  make  you  his  friend.  No  man  in  Oregon  is  to-day  jnore 
popular  or  has  more  friends  than  has  Hon.  R.  P.  Earhart.  He  is  but  just  in 
the  prime  of  life,  and  we  have  no  hesitancy  in  predicting  for  him  higher 
official  honors  than  he  has  yet  attained. 


HON.  EDWARD  HIRSCH. 
Some  one  has  written  "  There  is  a  Divinity  that  shapes  our  ends,  rough 
hew  them  as  we  may,"  and  the  subject  of  this  sketch  is  a  living  exemplifica- 
tion of  it.  When,  away  back  in  the  "  fifties,"  he  landed  a  poor  boy  in  the 
city  of  New  York,  among  strangers  in  a  strange  land,  and  looked  about 
him  for  honest  employment  in  any  capacity,  how  little  he  dreamed  that,  as 
years  passed  by,  he  would  hold  the  purse-string  for  the  then  almost  un- 
known Territory  of  Oregon,  when  but  a  few  years  later  she  should  lay  aside 
her  swaddling  clothes  and  emerge  into  the  maidenhood  of  a  young  but 
prosperous  commonwealth.  Such  has  been  his  career,  however,  and  no  man 
in  the  State  stands  higher  in  the  estimation  of  the  people  than  does  Hon. 
Edward  Hirsch,  our  present  State  Ti-easurer.  He  was  born  at  Wurtemberg, 
Germany,  May  3,  1836,  and  came  to  America  in  1855.  Landing  in  New  York 
City,  he  at  once  sought  employment.  Proving  unsuccessful,  however,  he 
went  over  into  the  the  neighboring  State  of  Pennsylvania  and  secured  a 
clerkship  in  a  store  in  a  little  town  in  Mercer  county,  at  the  princely  salary 
of  ^75  per  annum.  He  remained  there  for  several  months  and  then  went 
down  into  Georgia,  where  he  remained  nearly  two  years,  the  greater  part  of 
it  being  spent  at  Macon.  He  became  thoroughly  acquainted  with  So\ithern 
life  in  all  its  varied  forms,  and  to  this  day  bears  pleasant  recolltKitions  of 
his  sojourn  in  the  Sunny  South.  Becoming  imbued,  however,  with  the 
Western  fever,  he  again  went  north,  and  in  company  with  his  brother,  Hon. 
Sol.  Hirsch,  State  Senator  from  Multnomah  county,  embarked  on  the  steam- 
er "Star  of  tlie  West,"  booked  for  the  Pacific  slope,  via  Isthmus  of  Panama. 
They  reached  Portland  about  the  middle  of  April,  and  a  few  months  later 
opened  a  retail  store  at  Dallas,  in  Polk  county.  They  remained  there  about 
three  years  and  then  moved  to  Silverton,  where  they  carried  on  a  general 
merchandising  business  three  years  longer.  They  then  dissolved  partnership^ 


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and  the  subject  of  our  sketch  went  to  Salem  and  was  employed  for  some 
time  aa  salesman  ig  the  firm  of  J.  B.  and  M.  Hirsch.  In  1866,  having  been 
elected  President  and  business  manager  of  the  Eagle  Woolen  Mills,  at 
Brownsville,  he  went  there  and  remained  in  charge  of  the  enterprise  for 
about  two  years.  In  1868  he  returned  to  Salem,  where  he  has  resided  continu- 
ously since.  In  1869  he  was  interested  in  the  mercantile  firm  of  Hermann  & 
Hirsch,  of  that  city,  and  in  1876  the  name  was  changed  to  L.  &  E.  Hirsch. 
In  1878,  when  the  Republican  State  Convention  met  in  Salem,  Mr.  Hirsch's 
name  was  urged  by  a  host  of  friends  as  candidate  for  State  Treasurer.  The 
contest  was  a  vspirited  one,  but  Mr.  Hirsch  was  successful,  and  a  few  months 
later  was  elected  by  a  rousing  majority.  During  the  succeeding  four  years 
he  devoted  his  entire  attention  to  the  responsible  duties  of  his  oflBce,  and  so 
faithfully  did  he  discharge  the  trust  reposed  in  him,  he  was  renominated  for 
the  same  position  by  the  Republican  State  Convention  in  1882  and  was  again 
elected  by  a  largely  increased  majority.  His  honesty,  integrity,  high  so- 
cial staiidinp-  and  untiinching  adherence  to  the  principles  of  the  political 
party  he  espouses  have  endeared  him  to  the  hearts  of  the  public.  His 
honesty  is  proverbial  and  his  popularity  immense,  having  the  respect  of 
all  and  the  enmity  of  but  few.  His  liberality  is  acknowledged,  although 
many  of  his  acts  of  kindness  are  known  to  none  but  himself  and  the 
grateful  recipient.  He  is  an  able  financier,  guarding  with  zealous  care 
the  interests  of  the  people  in  aU  his  official  acts.  Mr.  Hirsch  is  highly 
respected  as  a  citizen  of  Salem,  and  for  two  terms  represented  his  ward 
in  the  Common  Council  of  that  city.  He  was  also  Chairman  of  the  Repub- 
lican County  Central  Committee  in  1876.  He  belongs  to  both  branches  of 
the  I.  O.  O.  F.,  and  is  P.  M.  W.  of  Protection  Lodge  No.  2,  A.  O.  U.  W.,  of 
Salem.  He  was  married  May  10,  1868,  to  Miss  Nettie  Davis,  their  family 
consisting  of  seven  children.  Mr.  Hirsch  is  destined  to  many  long  years  of 
usefulness,  and  the  people  will  not  fail  to  take  advantage  of  his  abilities  in 
the  future  as  they  have  in  the  past. 


HON.  WILLIAM  H.  BYARS. 
i'hc!  experience  of  mankind  has  stamped  with  the  signet  of  truth  the  pop- 
ular saying  that  "  success  denotes  merit,"  and  when  a  young  man  attains  a 
position  of  honor  and  prominence  in  a  community,  whether  it  be  in  the 
pohtical  or  mercantile  world,  that  fact  should  be  taken  as  proof  of  merit  of 
no  ordinary  kind,  in  the  make  up  of  the  one  winning  such  honor  and  dis- 
tinction. Such  an  elevation  as  that  of  Hon.  W.  H.  Byars  to  the  responsible 
position  of  State  Printer  argues  that  his  past  life  has  been  spent  to  good 
purpose,  and  that  he  has  availed  himself  of  his  leisure  time  to  store  his 
mind  with  that  fund  of  literary  and  political  lore  which  stands  him  so  well 
before  the  people  of  Oregon  to-day.  He  was  born  in  Desmoines  county,- 
Iowa,  July  7,  1839,  his  father,  Fleming  Byars,  being  a  Virginian  by  birth 
and  his  mother,  whose  maiden  name  was  Anna  Deardorff,  a  native  of  Ohio. 
The  father  died  in  1847,  leaving  the  mother  with  one  sou  and  three  daugh- 
ters.    In  1851  she  was  married  to  John  H.  Mires  and  in  1853  they  crossed 


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*he  plains  and  settled  in  Umpqua  (now  Douglas)  county,  where  they  still  re- 
side. The  subject  of  ouf  sketch  carried  the  United  States  mails  from  Oak- 
land, Oregon,  to  Yreka,  California,  in  1856-7  and  1858,  and,  notwithstand- 
ing the  fearful  condition  of  the  roads,  the  almost  utter  Jibsence  of  bridges 
and  an  occasional  racie  with  the  Indians,  young  Byars  missed  but  two  trips 
during  that  time,  showing  couclusiveh'  that  he  was  possessed  of  indomit- 
able pluck  and  energy  and  a  hearty,  robust  constitxition.  During  the  win- 
ters of  1858-9  and  1859-60  young  Byars  attended  the  Columbia  College  at 
Eugene  City,  and  taught  school  at  Fair  Oaks,  in  his  own  county,  during 
the  summer  of  1859.  In  I860  he  ran  for  the  office  of  County  Surveyor  but 
was  defeated.  He  attended  Umpqua  Academy  during  the  winter  of  1860-1- 
He  spent  the  summer  of  1860  prospecting  for  gold  on  the  headwaters  of  the 
Umpqua  river.  The  summer  of  1861  was  spent  in  teaching  school  at  Fair 
Oaks,  and  in  the  winter  of  1861-2  attended  school  at  the  Willamette  Uni- 
versity, and  during  the  years  1862-3-4  he  was  in  the  Eastern  Oregon  and 
Idaho  Territory  gold  mines.  On  March  15,  1865,  he  enlisted  in  Company 
A  of  the  First  Oregon  Cavalry,  and  was  elected  Orderly  Sergeant,  in  which 
capacity  he  served  until  mustered  out  July  26,  1866,  acting  meanwhile  as 
an  escort  and  guard  for  the  surveying  party  that  located  the  Central  Ore- 
gon Military  wagon  road,  running  from  Eugene  City  to  the  eastern  bound- 
ary of  the  State.  Entering  school  once  more  he  graduated  from  the  Ump- 
qua Academy  in  1867,  and  in  the  winter  of  that  year  taught  school  af  Cala- 
pooia  school  house.  The  year  following  he  was  elected  School  Supeiiuten- 
dent  of  Dmiglas  county.  He  was  married  to  Mrs.  Emma  A.  Re  ed  (nee 
Slocum)  on  December  23,  1868,  and  their  family  now  consists  of  three  boys 
and  two  girls.  In  1869  and  1870  he  was  one  of  the  principals  of  the  Ump- 
qua Academy,  and  in  1870  was  the  nominee  of  the  Republican  party  Of 
Douglas  county  for  the  office  of  Sherifl"  but  was  defeated  at  the  polls.  Ho 
moved  into  Roseburg  in  1872  and  in  1873  purchased  the  "  Plaindealer," 
then  a  Democratic  newspaper  pubhshed  by  W.  A.  McPherson,  and  at  once 
converted  it  into  a  Republican  organ,  since  which  time  he  has  continued  its 
publication  and  has  in  a  great  measure  assisted  in  making  Douglas  county 
one  of  the  strongest  Republican  counties  of  the  State.  Mr.  Byars  is  a 
practical  surveyor  and  has  acted  as  Deputy  U.  S.  Surveyor  for  a  number  of 
years,  and  had  several  important  contracts.  Mr.  Byars  is  a  strong  Repub- 
lican and  has  been  such  ever  since  he  cast  his  maiden  vote  for  Abraham 
Lincoln  in  1860.  At  the  Republican  State  Convention  held  in  Portland  in 
April,  1882,  Mr.  Byars  received  the  nomination  of  State  Printer,  and  at  the 
general  election  held  in  June  following,  he  was  elected  by  2,438  majority 
over  Hon.  W.  F.  Cornell,  the  strongest  man  the  Demociaoy  could  liave  nom- 
inated for  that  position.  Mr.  Byars  is  a  quiet,  unobstrusive  gentleman,  who 
rarely  attracts  attention.  He  is  a  good  business  man,  however,  attentive 
and  prompt  in  the  discharge  of  his  official  duties,  and  as  honest  a  man  a» 
we  ever  met.  He  is  a  genial,  whole-souled  gentleman,  and,  socially  speak- 
ing, stands  high  in  the  community.  He  is  of  low  stature,  hea^'y  built,  with 
a  clear,  penetrating  eye,  prominent  features,  heavy  beaid  and  hair  and  a 
strong  constitution. 


REPRESENTATIVE    MEN    OF    OREGON. 


HON.    E.    B.    M'ELROY. 

Aiuoug  the  public  institutions  of  our  country  none  more  deservedly  at- 
tract the  attention  of  all  lovers  of  law  and  order  than  do  our  public  schooLi. 
It  is  all-important,  therefore,  that  each  commonwealth  should  have  some 
man  of  learning  and  ambition  at  the  head  to  represent,  as  it  were,  in  a 
single  individual  the  individual  interest  of  every  child  in  the  State.  Espe- 
cially is  this  the  case  in  our  own  State,  where  we  are  in  reality  but  just 
laying  aside  the  swaddling  clothes  of  self-government  and  endeavoring  to 
lay  broad  and  deep  the  foundations  of  a  government  for  higher  and  more 
prosperous  days  to  come.  Not  but  what  we  are  as  far  advanced  in  educa- 
tional interests,  perhaps,  as  we  are  in  other  interests  of  a  public  nature,  but 
that  what  we  are  doing  for  the  cause  of  education  at  the  present  time  is 
but  a  poor  sample  of  what  we  intend  to  do  in  the  near  future,  when  our 
valleys  and  hillsides  are  teeming  with  the  fruits  of  the  husbandman,  and 
our  wants  and  necessities  in  that  direction  become  more  general.  In  order,, 
however,  to  prepare  for  this  good  time  coming,  it  is  requisite  and  necessary 
that  we  should  make  wise  laws  and  most  thoroughly  systematize  the  work- 
ings of  our  common  schools,  and  by  these  and  other  means  better  prepare 
them  for  their  expansion  and  improvements  in  the  future.  Our  legislators 
are  sufficiently  wise  to  make  the  laws,  but  no  system  of  a  uniform  course  of 
pubhc  instruction  can  be  complete  without  a  head  center,  and  in  this  head 
center  in  a  great  measure  depends  the  success  or  failure  of  the  common 
school  system  under  his  control.  Our  State  has,  since  the  creation  of  the 
office  of  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction,  been  peciiliarly  fortunate  in 
their  selection  of  men  of  capability  to  fill  the  position  creditably.  Among 
those  whose  names  have  become  almost  a  household  word  by  reason  of  their 
incumbency  of  such  office  might  be  mentioned  Hon.  Syl.  G.  Simpson,  Hon. 
L.  L.  Rowland,  Hon.  L.  J.  Powell,  and  last,  but  not  least  by  any  means,  is 
that  of  Hon.  E.  B.  McElroy,  who,  although  he  has  been  in  office  but  a  few 
short  weeks,  is  already  evincing  a  rare  aptitude  for  his  work  and  will,  we 
feel  fully  confident,  prove  the  equal  if  not  the  superior  of  his  predecessors 
in  that  office.  He  brings  with  him  the  ripe  expe«ence^  of  a  successful 
teacher,  the  practical  teachings  of  a  like  although  minor  position  of  a  county 
school  superintendent,  the  energy  and  ambition  of  a  man  who  is  just  enter- 
ing the  prime  of  fife,  the  love  of  the  work  inculcated  into  him  by  his  long- 
continued  connection  with  public  instruction,  the  necessary  qualifications 
of  a  successful  business  career,  and  a  spirit  of  that  progress  to  the  over- 
throw of  old-fogyism,  if  necessary,  which  will  insure  his  educational  work 
the  advancement  made  by  other  public  interests.  As  a  man  he  is  the  very 
soul  of  integrity  and  is  very  highly  esteemed  by  those  who  know  him  best. 
He  is  one  of  that  class  of  men  who,  while  you  will  fancy  him  the  moment 
he  addresses  you,  will  none  the  less  bear  acquaintanceship  and  advance  in 
your  admiration  and  esteem  the  longer  and  more  intimately  you  know  him. 
Prof.  McElroy  is  a  native  of  Washington  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he 
was  born  on  the  17th  day  of  September,  1842.  His  early  life  was  spent  on 
a  farm,  and  he  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Pennsylvania  and  at 
the  Southwestern  State  Normal  College   of  that   State.     He   commenced 


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teaching  in  the  public  schools  as  early  as  1861.  In  September  of  that  year, 
however,  imbued  wath  that  noble  patriotism  so  prevalent  at  that  time  amoufj 
the  bone  and  sinew  of  the  North,  he  enlisted  as  a  private  soldier  in  the 
ranks  of  Company  E,  First  Regiment  West  Virginia  Volunteers,  sei-viug 
gallantly  under  Generals  Shields,  McDowell  and  McClellan.  He  was  dis- 
charged in  1863,  and  at  once  re-enlisted  in  Company  A,  One  Hundredth 
Regiment  Pennsylvania  Volunteers,  serving  in  the  Army  of  the  Potomac 
until  the  close  of  the  war  in  1865.  From  then  until  1878  he  followed  the 
several  occupations  of  farmer,  student  and  teacher  at  his  old  home  and  in 
West  Virginia.  In  1878  he  caught  the  Western  fever  and  immigrated  to 
Oregon  and  again  resumed  his  vocation  as  a  teacUer,  and  from  1874  to  1875 
taught  in  the  public  schools  of  Corvallis,  and  in  187-")  was  elected  to  a  Chair 
in  the  State  Agricultural  College,  where  he  remained  until  elected  to  his 
present  responsible  position.  While  occupying  a  Chair  in  the  Agricultural 
College  he  was  three  times  elected  Superintendent  of  Schools  in  Benton 
county,  in  the  discharge  of  the  duties  of  which  office  he  gave  universal  sat- 
isfaction. He  was  married  in  1869  to  Miss  Agnes  C.  McFadden,  and  their 
family  at  present  consists  of  four  children.  He  is  an  honored  member  of 
the  A.  O.  U.  W.  and  the  I.  O.  O.  F.,  and  has  been  for  a  number  of  years  a 
member  of  the  Christian  Church.  Prof.  McElroy  lays  no  claims  to  good 
looks,  although  he  is  not  homely  by  any  means.  He  is  very  tall  and  slim 
and  has  prominent  features,  his  face  being  smooth-shaved,  with  the  excep- 
tion of  a  short  mustache,  which,  with  his  hair,  is  already  liberally  silvered 
with  gray.  His  forehead  is  expansive.  As  a  man  and  neighbor  he  is  very 
higldy  spoken  of  by  those  who  have  known  him  longest.  He,  with  his  fam- 
ily, has  recently  moved  to  Salem,  where  he  will  hereafter  make  his  home, 
and  where  he  has  already  made  a  host  of  friends  by  his  courteous  and  affa- 
ble treatment  of  those  with  whom  he  has  come  in  contact,  and  we  bespeak 
for  him  a  successful  career  as  State  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction. 
He  is  a  true-blue  Republican  and  takes  a  great  interest  in  the  success  of 
that  party. 

HON.    JOSEPH     N.    DOLPH, 

United  States  Senator  elect,  was  born  at  what  was  then  called  Dolphsburg,  in 
Tompkins  county,  in  the  State  of  New  York,  on  the  19th  day  of  October, 
1835.  After  arriving  at  the  age  of  eighteen  years,  he  taught  school  a  por- 
tion of  each  year  while  acquiring  an  education  and  his  profession.  He 
studied  law  with  Hon.  Jeremiah  McGuire,  at  Havana,  New  York,  and  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  at  the  general  term  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  that  State, 
held  at  Binghampton  in  November,  1861.  He  practiced  his  profession  in 
Schuyler  county.  New  York,  during  the  winter  of  1861-2,  and  in  May,  1862, 
enlisted  in  Captain  M.  Crawford's  company,  known  as  the  Oregon  escort, 
raised  under  an  act  of  Congress  for  the  purpose  of  protecting  the  immigra- 
tion of  that  year  to  this  coast  against  liostile  Indians,  crossing  tlie  plains  as 
orderly  sergeant  of  the  company,— on  the  way  losing  all  his  clothing  ex- 
cept the  suit  worn  by  him,  together  with  every  dollar  of  money  with  which 
be  set  out, — he  arrived  in  Portland  on  the  3l8t  day  of  October,  1862,  with 


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only  the  six  months  pay  he  had  received  from  the  government  upon  being 
mustered  out  of  service  at  Walla  Walla,  W.  T.  Upon  his  arrival  in  Oregon 
Mr.  Dolph  at  once  began  the  practice  of  his  profession.  With  the  beginning 
of  the  year  1863  he  formed  a  copartnership  with  Hon.  J.  H.  Mitchell,  which 
continued  for  more  than  ten  years  and  terminated  upon  Mr.  Mitchell's  elec- 
tion to  the  United  States  Senate.  He  was  appointed  City  Attorney  for  the 
city  of  Portland,  in  October,  1864,  add  held  that  position  about  one  and  one- 
half  years,  during  which  time  he  prepared  and  proposed  important  amend- 
ments to  the  city  charter,  which  were  afterwards  adopted,  and  also  revised  for 
publication  of  the  ordinances  of  the  city.  In  January,  1865,  Mr,  Dolph  was 
appointed  by  President  Lincoln  United  States  District  Attorney  for  the 
District  of  Oregon,  which  position  he  held  until  September,  1866,  when  he 
resigned  it  to  take  his  seat  in  the  Oregon  Legislature  as  State  Senator  from 
Multnomah  county,  in  which  capacity  he  served  his  county  during  the  ses- 
sion of  1866,  and  took  his  seat  at  the  beginning  of  the  session  of  1868,  but 
his  seat  was  contested  upon  the  pretence  that  no  allotment  had  been  made 
at  the  previous  sessions  of  the  Legislature  as  required  by  the  constitution, 
«nd  Mr.  Dolph  was  ousted  by  a  strict  party  vote.  He  was,  however,  returned 
at  the  general  election  of  1872  by  an  increased  majority  of  the  votes  of  his 
constituents,  and  sat  in  the  two  succeeding  sessions  of  the  Oregon  Legisla- 
ture as  a  Senator  foi-  Multnomah  county.  Mr.  Dolph  has  been  an  active 
participant  in  the  politics  of  the  State.  He  was  Chairman  of  the  Republi- 
can State  Central  Committee  from  1866  to  1868.  He  has  been  an  able  and 
eloquent  advocate  of  the  principles  of  the  Republican  party.  He  was  pres- 
ent at  Salem  at  the  meeting  of  the  Electoral  College  in  1876,  and  after  Gov- 
ernor Grover  had  given  the  certificate  of  election  to  Cronin,  advised  the 
course  adopted  by  the  Republican  electors,  and  on  the  spot  drafted  the  pa- 
pers which  were,  by  the  Electoral  Commission,  adjudged  sufficient  to  estab- 
lish the  election  of  Messrs.  Odell,  Cartwright  and  Watts.  To  his  prompt- 
ness, discretion  and  firmness  the  fortunate  result  of  the  matter  is  largely  at- 
tributable. In  1876  Mr.  Dolph  was  elected  by  the  Most  Worthy  Grand 
Lodge  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  of  the  State  of  Oregon 
Most  Worthy  Grand  Master,  <tnd  he  held  that  position  witli  great  satis- 
faction to  the  order  for  one  year.  At  the  last  session  of  the  Grand  Lodge 
A.  F.  &  A.  Masons  he  was  elected  Most  Worshipful  Grand  Master  of  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  Oregon,  which  position  he  now  holds.  Mr.  Dolph  was,  at 
the  time  of  his  election  to  the  U.  S.  Senate,  the  confidential  legal  adviser  in 
Oregon  of  Henry  Villard,  Esq.,  the  able  and  brilliant  financier  who  has  done 
so  much  towards  tlie  development  of  the  northwest  coast  during  the  last 
few  years.  He  was  the  consulting  attorney  of  the  Oregon  Railway  and  Nav- 
igation Company,  the  Oregon  and  California  Railroad  Co.,  the  Oregon  Im- 
provement Co.,  the  Oregon  and  Trans-Continental  Co.,  and  the  adviser  of  the 
officers  of  the  Northern  Pacific  Railroad  Co.  at  Portland,  and  the  attorney  of 
other  minor  corporations.  He  was  also  the  President  of  the  Oregon  Im- 
provement Company,  the  Vice-President  of  the  Oregon  Railway  and  Navi- 
gation Company  and  of  the  Oregon  and  Trans-Continental  Company.  As  a 
lawyer  he  is  prompt,  ready,  reliable  and  successful.     Few  men  possess  the 


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comprehensive  knowledge  and  ability  to  successfully  coudacfc  such  intricate, - 
complicated  and  multifarious  matteis  as  have  been  intrusted  to  Mr.  Dolpli 
■within  the  last  few  years,  and  it  is  understood  that  while  he  possesses  in  an 
unusual  degree  of  friendship  t)f  his  clients,  they  justly  regard  his  election 
to  the  United  States  Senate  as  a  circumstance  unfortunate  to  their  interests. 
In  October,  .1864,  Mr.  Dolph  was  married  to  Miss  Augusta  Mulkey,  ii  beau- 
tiful and  accomplished  woman,  who,  rejoicing  in  the  success  of  her  husband, 
still  graces  his  elegant  home.  They  have  six  living  children,  the  eldest 
a  daughter  just  entering  womanhood.  Mr.  Dolph  has  long  held  the  fore- 
most place  at  the  Oregon  bar,  and  has  been  for  many  years  the  hardest 
worked  lawyer  in  the  State  ;  without  genius  in  the  common  acceptation  of 
the  word,  he  is  a  good  example  of  what  integrity,  industry  and  determined 
application  will  do  for  a  man  under  a  government  whose  liighest  positions 
are  accessible  alike  to  all.  In  personal  appearance  Mr.  Dolph  is  large  in 
figure  and  of  good  i)resence,  grave  in  demeanor  and  earpest  in  expression. 
As  a  lawyer,  he  is  devoted  to  his  profession,  and  has  for  many  years  enjoyed 
a  large  and  lucrative  practice,  from  wliich  he  has  realized  a  competency. 
His  family  residence,  recently  erected  at  Portland,  is  the  finest  in  the  State 
and  would  be  a  credit  to  any  city.  It  is  understood  that  independent  of  his 
profession,  and  in  addition  to  his  salary  as  Senator,  Mr.  Dolph  will  have  a 
property  income  which  Avill  enable  him  to  dispense  in  a  becoming  manner 
the  hospitalities  due  to  the  high  station  to  which  he  has  been  called. 


HON.    M.    0.    GEORGE, 

Our  present  Representative  in  Congress,  while  not  born  in  this  State  has 
resided  here  since  but  two  years  of  age,  and  ought  by  rights  to  be  classed 
among  our  Oregon  boys.  He  is  possessed  of  all  the  necessary  qualifications 
to  entitle  him  to  this  distinction,  viz:  energy,  integrity,  ambition,  persever- 
ance and  unsullied  honor.  He  has  had  much  to  contend  with  and  may 
well  be  called  a  self-made  man,  and  the  success  that  has  attended  his  past 
life  is  due  only  to  his  own  personal  exertions.  Good  fortune  has  had  little 
to  do  with  it,  and  we  detect  in  his  make  up  those  principles,  partially  in- 
herited but  more  generally  instilled  in  him  by  his  own  perseverance,  which 
go  to  create  the  sinewed  mind  and  talent  of  our  fair  young  State.  Slowly, 
but  steadily,  he  has  advanced  in  tlie  estimation  of  the  jjeople  of  Oregon  un- 
til to-day  he  occupies  the  proudest  position  that  a  grateful  people  can  be- 
stow upon  him  through  their  inalienable  right  of  suffrage.  He  was  born 
in  Noble  county,  Ohio,  May  13,  1849,  his  father  being  a  native  Virginian 
and  his  mother  of  Pui-itan  stock.  The  family  immigrated  to  Oregon  in 
1851,  the  trip  across  the  plains  occupying  nearly  six  months.  They  settled 
on  a  farm  near  Lebanon,  in  Linn  county,  where  he  resided  until  he  became 
of  age,  laboring  during  tlie  summer  montJis  and  attending  the  Santiam 
Academy  during  the  winter.  He  also  attended  school  at  the  Willamette 
University  at  Salem,  and  took  a  commercial  course  at  the  Business  College 
at  Portland.  In  1S70  he  was  the  unanimous  choice  of  the  Republicans  of 
Linn  county,  m  convention  assembled,  as  candidate  for  Representative,  and 
received  his  full  party  vote  at  the  polls.     H«>  was  defeated,  however,  l)eing 


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unable  to  overcome  the  Democratic  majority  usually  given  in  that  county. 
He  then  removed  to  Albany,  where  he  was  engaged  in  business  for  a  short 
time,  and  on  the  illness  of  his  brother,  Hon.  H.  N.  George,  who  was  then 
Principal  of  the  Academy  at  Jeiferson,  he  took  his  place  and  taught  the 
balance  of  the  academic  year.  His  services  proved  so  satisfactory  he  was 
ottered  chiu-ge  of  the  Academy  for  the  ensuing  year,  bxit  declined  the  oifer 
and  returned  to  Albany  and  shortly  afterwards  accepted  the  position  for 
one  year  of  Principal  of  the  Public  Schools  in  that  city.  In  1872  he  was 
again  a  candidate  for  .the  Legislature  and  once  more  suffered  defeat,  al- 
though running  considerably  ahead  of  his  ticket.  The  canvass  on  the  Dem- 
ocratic side,  the  first  time  he  ran,  was  made  by  Hon.  N.  H.  Craynon,  and 
the  last  time  by  Hon.  George  R.  Helm.  In  1872  he  was  married  to  Miss 
Mary  E.  Eckler,  and  in  the  same  year  commenced  reading  law  with  Judge 
J.  C.  Powell,  of  Albany,  and  in  187.5  was  admitted  to  the  bar,  having  com- 
pleted his  course  of  study  with  Colonel  W.  H.  EflBnger,  of  Portland.  In 
1876  he  was  nominated  for  State  Senator  from  Multnomah  District,  receiv- 
ing forty-six  out  of  the  forty-eight  votes  in  the  convention,  and  was  elected 
by  a  handsome  majority.  It  was  in  the  midst  of  this  session  that  his  child 
died,  necessitating  his  immediate  return  home.  In  the  last  session,  which 
was  Democratic,  Mr.  George  received  the  votes  of  the  liepublican  Senators 
for  the  honorable  position  of  President  of  the  Senate.  In  1880  Mr.  George 
was  nominated  Congressman  at  large  for  the  State  of  Oregon,  receiving 
1,897  majority  over  ex-Governor  Whiteaker,  who  was  a  candidate  for  re- 
election. In  1882  he  was  re-nominated  by  acclamation  by  the  Republican 
State  Convention,  which  was  held  at  Portland  April  20,  1882,  and  was  re- 
elected by  a  majority  of  3,365  votes  over  Hon.  W.  D.  Fenton,  the  Demo- 
cratic candidate,  it  being  the  first  time  in  the  history  of  the  State  where  a 
member  of  Congress  has  been  re-elected.  Mr.  George  is  an  eloquent 
speaker  and  a  gentleman  of  very  pleasing  address;  genial,  courteous,  affable 
and  good-natured.  He  is  a  man  of  indefatigable  industry,  and,  as  the  Rep- 
resentative of  the  people  at  Washington  City,  is  active  and  energetic.  He 
stands  high  among  the  members  of  the  House,  and  has  received  marks  of 
great  distinction  by  being  placed  upon  several  of  the  most  important  stand- 
ing committees,  chief  among  which  and  where  he  has  been  enabled  to  do 
Oregon  a  vast  amount  of  good,  is  his  appointment  as  a  member  of  the  Com- 
mittee on  Corpmerce.  His  friends  are  legion,  and  no  man  in  Oregon  stands 
higher  in  the  estimation  of  the  people  than  does  Mr.  George.  He  is  taU 
and  slim,  yet  of  firm  build,  as  his  weight  is  full  two  hundred  pounds,  with 
a  kindly  expression  of  features,  full  auburn  beard  and  dark  brown  hair. 
He  has  a  pleasant  word  for  everyone,  and,  being  now  but  in  the  prime  of 
hfe,  his  future  none  can  foretell;  but  prophesy  indicates  that  higher  and 
more  honorable  positions  are  still  within  his  grasp. 


HON.    WILLIAM    P.    LORD. 
The  subject  of  this  biographical  sketch  has  led  au  active  life,  both  as  a 
public  man  and  as  a  private  individual.     Born  in  the  State  of  Delaware,  he 
early  imbibed  tlie  down-east  passion  for  mastering  everything  that  promised 


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emolument  or  honor.     Beginning  life  with  indomitable  pluck  and  lionora- 
ble  ambition,  he  has  succeeded  in  molding  for  the  benefit  of  the  community 
in  which  he  resides  a  model  citizen  and  a  man  wliose  word  is  as  good  as  his 
bond.     His  untiiuching  integrity  at  once  commands  the  confidence  and  re- 
spect of  his  fellow  men.     He  is  one  of  those  honorable  men  who,  when  our 
country  was  in  dangei-,  risked  life  and  limb  in  her  defense.     Such  men 
should  be  rewjirded  witli  tlie  higliest  office  within  theii-  capacity  to  fill  or 
the  power  of  the  people  to  bestow.     Judge  Lord's  services,  we  are  pleased 
to  note,  are  meeting  Mith  just  recognition,  and  he  has  become  a   favorite 
with  the  people  of  Marion  county  and  the  State  at  large.     He  was  born  at 
Dover,  Delaware,  in  1839,  and  duiing  his  early  lite  received  the  benefits  of 
a  good  education,  having  attended  a  select  school  taught  by  the  Quakers, 
as  well  as  receiving  instructions  in  a  private  class  taught  by  a  well-known 
professor.      He  attended  college  at  Fairfield,  New  York,  from  1858  to  18G0, 
graduating  with  the  highest  honors,  and  being  chosen  Valedictorian  in  tlie 
class  of  '(.)().     In  the  fail  of  thiit  year  he  began  reading  law  with  Hon.  George 
P.  Fisher,  of  Dover,  Delaware,  afterAvards  member  of  Congress  from  that 
State  and  Judge  of  the  United  States  District  Court  of   the  District  of  Co- 
lumbia.    Having  a  natural  taste  for  law,  he  applied  himself  very  closely  to 
his  studies  and  made  rapid  progress,  giving  every  indication  of  becoming 
just  what  he  was  before  going  on  the  bench — a  most  successful  attorney. 
In  the  spring  of  18G2,  orders  having  been  issiied  from  the  United  States 
War  Department  to  raise  a  batallion  of  cavalry  in  that  State,  Judge  Lord 
was  elected  Captain  of  the  first  of  the  four  companies  comprising  the  batal- 
tion,  Lieutenant  Colonel  N.  B.  Knight,  of  Salem,  receiving  the  appointment 
of  Major.     The  batallion  was  soon  afterwards  increased  to  seven  (rompanies, 
and  Judge  Lord  was  promoted  to  the  office  of  Major  and  Colonel  Knight 
to  that  of  Lieutenant  Colonel.     The  batallion  was  attached  to  the  Army  of 
the  Potomac  and  participated  in  a  number  of  the  most  important  engage- 
ments of  that  time.     In  view  of  Judge  Lord's  well-known  knowledge  of  the 
law,  he  was  detached  from  his  command  a  portion  of  the  time  and  detailed 
to  act  as  Jiidge  Advocate  on  the  staff  of  General  Lew  Wallace.     At  the 
close  of  the  war  he  resigned  his  position  in  the  army  and  resumed  the  study 
of  law,  attended  the  law  school  at  Albany,  New  York,  aud  graduated  in  the 
fall  of  1866,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  New 
York  the  same  year.     That  the  Judge  made  an  active  and  efficient  military 
officer  whose  services  were  sought  after  by  the  Government  is  evinced  by 
the  fact  that  he  was,  at  the  completion  of  his  studies,  offered  a  Lieutenancy 
in  the  Second  Regiment  United  States  Artillery,  which  he  accepted,  and 
was  ordered  to  San  Francisco  to  join  his  company  at  regimental  headquar- 
ters, and  was  assigned  to  duty  at  Fort  Alcatraz.     He  was  stationed  there 
a  short  time  and  was  then  ordered  to  Fort  Steilacoom,  W.  T.,  and  from 
there  was  ordered  to  Alaska,  where  he  remained  four  months  and  tendered 
his  resignation.     This  being  accepted,  he  came  to  Salem  in  the  fall  of  1868, 
and  associated  himself  in  the  practice  of  law  with  his  friend  and  former 
comrade-in-arms,  Colonel  N.  B.  Knight,  where  he  has  remained  ever  since. 
He  served  as  City  Attorney  for  several  years,  and  represented  the  city  in  the 
celebrated  Court  House  case  and  other  equally  important  cases  on  trial  in 


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the  United  States  District  Court  before  His  Honor  Judge  Deady.  These 
cases  were  carried  forward  to  a  successful  termination  and  were  decided  in 
favor  of  the  city,  wliich  result  was  in  a  very  great  measure  due  to  Judge 
Lord's  personal  efforts  and  his  thorough  knowledge  of  the  case,  which  en- 
abled him  to  present  it  in  a  clear  and  forcible  manner  and  at  once  gave  it 
an  excellent  standing  in  court.  In  1878  he  was  nominated  and  elected 
State  Senator  from  Marion  county,  which  office  he  resigned  in  1880  owing 
to  his  nomination  as  Supreme  Judge  by  the  Republican  State  Convention 
of  that  year.  He  was  elected  by  a  handsome  majority,  and  having  drawn 
the  short  term,  during  the  succeeding  two  years  presided  as  Chief  Justice. 
So  ably  did  he  fill  the  place  and  so  general  was  the  satisfaction  he  gave  to 
the  bench  and  bar  throughout  the  State,  he  was  the  unanimous  choice  of 
hit;  party  for  re-nomination,  and  at  the  general  election  held  in  June  last  he 
was  elected  by  1,401  majority  over  Hon.  E.  D.  Shattuck,  probably  the  ablest 
representative  jurist  in  the  Democratic  party  of  this  State.  Judge  Lord  is 
a  hard  worker  and  devotes  much  time  and  attention  to  his  official  duties. 
His  decisions  are  written  with  a  fearless  fairness,  and  an  opinion  rendered 
by  him  in  the  name  of  the  court  bears  upon  its  face  the  impress  of  the  true 
intent  of  the  law,  and  as  such  is  extensively  quoted  abroad.  Judge  Lord  is 
a  gentleman  of  about  medium  height,  slightly  rotund,  and  built  from  the 
ground  up;  a  well-shaped  head,  somewhat  bald;  smooth  face,  with  the  ex- 
ception of  a  mustache;  hair  dark  brown,  with  eyes  of  blue.  He  is  jovial, 
genial,  and  enjoys  a  good,  hearty  laugh  as  well  as  any  one  we  know.  He  is 
not  demonstrative,  but,  if  a  friend  at  all,  he  will  do  to  tie  to.  His  friends 
are  legion,  and  his  enemies,  if  he  has  any,  are  few.  He  was  married  to  Miss 
Juliette  Montague,  of  Baltimore,  Md.,  January  14,  1880,  and  they  have  one 
boy,  of  which  it  may  be  truly  said  "  he  is  a  chip  ofi'  the  old  block."  The 
Judge  belongs  to  no  secret  order  save  the  A.  O.  U.  W. 


HON.    EDWARD    BYERS    WATSON. 

Among  the  young  men  who  have  ;  romineutly  come  before  the  public,  and 
who  have  attained  high  honor  and  distinction  for  sterling  qualities  and  na- 
tive talent,  none  have  pursued  a  more  upright  course  than  Hon.  E.  B.  Wat- 
son, Chief  Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Oregon.  Standing,  as  it  were, 
upon  the  very  threshhold  of  life,  he  can  but  feel  an  JKjnorable  degree  of  pride 
in  the  importance  and  responsibility  of  his  present  high  position,  and  with 
an  ambition  to  deserve  the  commendation  of  all  hcmorable  men,  he  has 
anchored  himself  to  truth,  honesty  and  justice.  In  him  we  perceive  another 
example  of  the  feasibility  of  young  men  being  afforded  an  opportunity  of 
making  a  record  for  themselves  in  public  life.  He  has  proved  himself  every 
way  worthy  of  the  great  confidence  reposed  in  him,  and  is  daily  adding 
laurels  to  those  already  won  by  him  during  his  occupancy  of  the  bench.  His 
entire  career  has  displayed  a  force  of  character  and  iudomitable  energy 
which,  in  the  long  run,  never  fails  to  land  the  possessor  of  these  qualifica- 
tions at  the  top.  He  is  unassuming,  and  makes  friends  without  an  eftort, 
and  being  full  of  good  humor,  relishes  a  joke  when  properly  told,  and  is 
himself  replete  with  anecdote.    Judge  Watson  was  born  in  Clayton  county, 


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Iowa,  October  7,  1844,  and  with  bis  parents  crossed  the  plains  in  1853  and 
came  to  Oregon.  They  spent  their  first  winter  in  Lane  county,  and  in  the 
spring  of  1854  they  moved  to  Douglas  county  and  took  up  a  ranch  in  the 
fertile  valley  of  the  Umpqua.  The  subject  of  our  sketch  helped  his  father 
on  the  farm  during  the  summer  months  and  attended  the  district  school  in 
winter.  In  1861  he  entered  the  Umpqua  Academy  and  continued  his  studies 
there  at  intervals  until  I860,  when  lie  went  to  Forest  Grove  and  entered  as 
a  student  in  the  Pacific  University,  which  is  second  to  none  in  the  State  for 
thoroughness  and  general  excellence.  Mr.  Watson  graduated  in  the  class  of 
'66,  and  at  once  returned  to  Douglas  county  and  commenced  reading  law 
under  Hon.  J.  F.  Watson,  who  at  that  time  was  a  young  attorney  in  Eose- 
burg.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1868,  and  in  October  of  the  same  year 
went  to  Jacksonville  and  opened  an  office  with  Hon.  B.  F.  Dowell,  with  whom 
he  remained  until  June,  1871,  when  he  formed  a  partnership  with  Hon.  C.  W. 
Kahler.  In  1872  he  was  elected  County  Judge  for  Jackson  courjty  and 
served  for  four  years.  In  June,  1878,  he  was  elected  County  Clerk  of  J  ack- 
son  county,  and  in  1880  he  was  placed  in  nomination  by  the  Republican 
State  Convention  as  one  of  its  candidates  for  Supreme  Judge.  Although 
well  and  favorably  known  in  Ids  own  county,  the  name  was  not  familiar  to  the 
people  generally.  On  the  judgment,  however,  of  the  convention  that  had 
placed  him  in  nomination  and  on  the  reputation  accorded  him  by  well- 
known  citizens  of  Jackson  county,  and  his  extreme  popularity  in  Southern 
Oregon,  where  he  was  best  known,  he  was  elected  by  a  handsome  majority 
over  an  opposing  candidate,  who  was  undoubtedly  the  strongest  man  the 
Democracy  could  have  placed  in  the  field  against  him.  Tlie  first  two  years 
of  his  term  he  sat  as  an  Associate  Justice,  but  tlie  rule  of  rotation  made  him 
at  the  commencement  of  the  October  term  of  1882,  Chief  Justice^  and  be  it 
said  to  his  credit,  he  is  filling  his  position  and  discharging  its  duties  in  a 
manner  highly  creditable  to  himself  and  every  way  satisfactory  to  the  bench 
and  bar  beneath  him.  As  a  jurist  he  has  displayed  marked  ability.  His  de- 
cisions are  carefully  prepared,  thoroughly  revised,  and  when  presented  bear 
upon  their  face  the  impress  of  a  thorough  and  complete  knowledge  of  the 
law,  an  earnest,  conscientious  research  of  authorities,  and  a  ready  command 
of  language  of  sufficient  simplicity  to  enable  those  outside  even  of  the  pro- 
fession to  understand  the  case  and  grasp  with  readiness  the  theories  ad- 
vanced and  the  position  taken.  He  is  an  untiring  worker  and  his  vacations 
are  frequently  spent  in  laborious  study  and  research.  Aided  and  abetted 
by  his  able  associates.  Judges  Lord  and  Waldo,  the  decisions  of  the  present 
Supreme  Court  are  considered  substantial  bulwarks  of  law  and  doctrine, 
and  are  extensively  quoted  in  the  higher  courts  of  other  States.  Judge 
Watson  has  been  twice  married,  his  first  wife  being  Miss  Mary  E.  Owen,  of 
Jackson  county,  to  whom  he  was  united  July  11,  1872.  She  died  February 
9,  1875,  and  on  May  28,  1879,  Judge  Watson  married  his  present  wife,  nee 
Miss  Ella  C.  Kubli,  of  Jacksonville,  their  family  consisting  of  two  chil- 
dren, a  boy  and  a  girl.  The  Judge  is  a  member  of  the  A.  F.  and  A.  M., 
Improved  Order  of  Red  Men  and  the  A.  O.  U.  W.  Judge  Watson  is  des- 
tined to  many  long  years  of  usefulness,  and  the  people  will  not  fail  to  take 
advantage  of  his  abilities  in  the  future  as  they  have  in  the  past. 


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HON.    REUBEN    P.    BOISE. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  at  Blanforcl,  Massachusetts,  in  the 
year  1811).  His  father,  Hon.  Reuben  Boise,  was  a  farmer  and  a  prominent 
man  in  the  polities  of  his  State,  having  been  County  Commissioner,  County 
Clerk  and  member  of  the  State  Senate  of  Massachusetts.  He  also  tilled 
other  offices  of  honor  and  trust  with  credit  to  himself  and  the  State.  In 
1843  Judge  Boise  graduaied  at  Williams  College,  in  the  classical  course, 
and,  being  struck  with  the  Western  fever,  he  immigrated  to  Missouri,  where 
he  commenced  his  career  as  a  school  teacher  and  followed  that  occupation 
for  two  years,  when  he  returned  to  his  native  State  and  begun  the  study  of 
law  under  his  uncle,  Hon.  Patrick  Boise,  at  Westfield,  Massachusetts.  In 
1848  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  and  at  once  entered  upon  the  practice  of 
his  profession  at  Chieopee  Falls,  where  he  remained  for  two  years.  Being 
again  desirous  of  seeking  his  fortunes  in  a  new  country,  he  came  by  the 
way  of  the  Isthmus  to  Oregon,  and  settled  at  Portland  in  the  spring  of 
1851.  He  immedijitely  commenced  the  practice  of  law,  succeeding  much 
better  than  he  had  anticipated.  In  about  a  year  the  Territorial  Legisla- 
ture elected  him  Prosecuting  Attorney  of  the  first  and  second  districts.  In 
1854  he,  in  company  with  Hon.  James  K.  Kelly  and  Hon.  D.  R.  Bigelow, 
was  elected  Code  Commissioner  for  Oregon.  At  that  early  date  the  Terri- 
tory had  no  laws  compiled  in  book  form  for  its  government,  hence  this  was 
the  first  code  ever  prepared  for  Oregon.  The  Commissioners  swept  away 
much  of  the  old  common  law  that  was  cumbersome  and  intricate  and 
founded  our  present  mode  of  practice.  He  then  purchased  a  farm  near 
Dallas  and  moved  thereon.  In  1854  he  was  re-elected  Prosecuting  Attor- 
ney, and  at  the  same  election  honored  by  Polk  comity  with  a  seat  in  the 
Territorial  Legislature.  Two  years  afterwards  he  \.as  again  elected  a  mem- 
ber of  that  body,  both  terms  taking  a  very  prominent  part  in  its  delibera- 
tions. In  1857  he  was  one  of  the  Representatives  of  Polk  county  in  the 
Constitutional  Convention,  where  he  was  Chairman  of  the  Committee  on 
Legislation,  and  prepared  that  portion  of  the  Constitution  relating  to  the 
Legislative  Department,  and  otherwise  materially  assisted  in  furnishing 
Oregon  with  her  fundamental  laws.  In  this  same  year  he  was  appointed 
by  President  Buchanan  one  of  the  Supreme  Judges  of  the  Territory.  The 
next  year,  after  the  admission  of  the  State  into  the  Union,  he  was  elected 
to  that  office,  and  from  1862  to  1864  was  Chief  Justice.  Upon  the  expira- 
tion of  his  term  in  1864  he  was  again  re-elected  for  six  years,  during  four  of 
which  he  was  Chief  Justice.  In  1870  he  was  again  chosen  by  the  people  to 
fill  that  honorable  position,  but  Hon.  B.  F.  Bonham,  his  competitor,  having 
commenced  an  action  to  contest  his  seat  on  the  bench,  and  not  desiring  to 
stand  the  cost  of  a  long  and  expensive  litigation,  he  resigned  and  returned 
to  the  practice  of  his  profession.  In  1874  he  was  elected  by  the  Legisla- 
ture one  of  the  Capitol  Building  Commissioners,  which  office  he  held  until 
1876,  when  he  was  again  elected  to  his  old  position  on  the  Supreme  Bench. 
Two  years  later,  the  Legislature  having  divided  the  Supreme  and  Circuit 
Judges  into  distinct  classes,  he  was  appointed  one  of  the  Judges  of  the  Su- 
preme Court,  and  acquired  considerable  celebrity  on  account  of  his  many 
dissenting  opinions.    In  1880  he  was  elected  Judge  of  the  Third  Judicial 


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District,  which  office  he  now  holds.  There  is,  perhaps,  no  man  in  Oregon 
who  has  been  called  upon  so  often  and  so  coutinuonsly  to  fill  offices  of 
honor  and  trust  as  Hon.  Renben  P.  Boise.  He  had  not  been  in  this  State 
over  three  months  before  he  was  called  upon  to  discharge  the  duties  of 
Prosecuting  Attorney,  and  from  that  time  to  the  present,  a  period  of  over 
thirty  years,  he  has,  almost  without  intermission,  been  serving  the  people 
in  positions  that  required  great  ability  and  integrity,  and  some  of  tlie  time, 
before  the  laws  of  the  Territory  prohibited  it,  holding  two  offices  at  once. 
That  great  confidence  is  reposed  in  Judge  Boise  by  the  people  is  evinced 
in  the  fact  that  he  has  never  been  defeated  at  an  election  in  his  life.  The 
.Judge  took  a  prominent  jjart  in  the  Independent  move  in  politics,  which 
showed  great  strength  in  the  election  of  1874.  After  what  he  thought  the 
Independent  party  had  been  organized  for  was  accomplished,  he  returned 
to  the  Republican  ranks.  He  is  an  independent  man  in  every  sense  of  the 
word,  and  if  men  and  measures  have  not  been  what  he  thought  they  should 
be,  he  has  spoken  out,  regardless  of  party  censure;  and  such  men  the  com- 
monwealth demand,  mere  time-servers  never  advance  their  country's  wel- 
fare. Judge  Boise  is  the  happy  possessor  of  one  of  the  largest  farms  of 
Polk  county,  embracing  over  twenty-five  hundred  acres,  the  greater  part  of 
which  he  has  owned  since  1853;  being  raised  on  a  farm  in  his  boyhood,  and 
having  owned  and  operated  one  in  Oregon  for  so  many  years,  he  takes  great 
interest  in  the  advancement  of  our  agricultural  interests.  He  has  twice 
been  elected  Master  of  the  State  Grange  of  Oregon,  Avhich  position  he  now 
holds,  and  in  1880  attended  the  meeting  of  the  National  Grange  at  Wash- 
ington, D,  C,  as  a  delegate  from  this  State.  Being  a  classical  scholar,  he 
has  always  zealously  worked  in  behalf  of  the  cause  of  education,  and  is 
now  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  Pacific  University  at  Forest 
Grove,  the  La  Creole  Academy  at  Dallas,  and  the  Willamette  University,  of 
Salem,  and  takes  great  interest  in  their  welfare.  The  Judge  being  de- 
scended from  the  old  Puritans,  has  inherited  their  strict  purity  of  morals 
and  uprightness  of  character,  not  one  word  having  ever  been  truthfully 
uttered  against  his  honor.  During  his  long  career  in  public  life,  reaching 
over  a  quarter  of  a  century,  it  has  demanded  many  varied  acquirements  to 
meet  all  the  positions  Judge  Boise  has  been  called  uiion  to  fill,  yet  he  has 
adorned  all  of  them. 


HON.    RALEIGH     STOTT. 

Among  those  adding  honor  and  lustre  to  the  legal  fraternity  of  this  State, 
none  stand  higher  in  the  estimation  of  both  the  bench  and  the  bar  than 
tloes  Hon.  Raleigh  Stott,  Circuit  Judge  of  the  Fourth  Judicial  District. 
Although  comparatively  a  young  man,  he  occupies  a  niche  in  the  history 
of  the  legal  lights  of  our  own  fair  young  State  that  makes  him  envied 
by  many  whose  heads  are  whitened  with  the  passage  of  years.  He  has 
won  honor  and  distinction  at  the  hands  of  a  somewhat  fastidious  public, 
and  in  his  official  capacity  has  made  new  friends  who,  when  an  oppor- 
tunity shall  arrive,  will  gladly  show  their  appreciation  of  his  merit  by 
voice  or  vote.  Although  not  born  in  Oregon,  his  early  life  was  spent 
liere,  and  his  adopted  home  has  become  endeared  to  him  by  many  ties. 


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He  has  labored  earnestly  to  master  the  intricate  details  of  his  profession, 
and,  while  none  of  us  are  supposed  to  be  too  old  to  learn,  still  we  feel 
justified  in  saying  that  Judge  Stott's  knowledge  of  law  is  unsurpassed  by 
any  member  of  the  bench  in  Oregon  at  the  present  time,  and  in  compar- 
ison with  the  number  of  decisions  he  is  called  upon  to  render  annually, 
and  the  limited  time  he  has  to  prepare  them,  owing  to  the  vast  amount  of 
work  he  is  compelled  to  perform— taking  into  consideration  all  these  facts— 
his  decisions  are  very  far  above  the  average  for  accuracy  and  precision, 
and  are  as  unfrequently  reversed  by  the  courts  above.  His  opinions  are 
rendered  as  the  result  of  earnest  research,  careful  study  and  an  evident 
desire  to  dispense  justice  while  obeying  the  strict  letter  of  the  law.  Judge 
Stott  was  born  in  Indiana  in  1845,  and  in  1851  came  across  the  plains  to 
Oregon  and  settled  in  Washington  coiinty,  where  his  mother  still  resides, 
his  father  having  died  in  1880.  The  family  was  a  large  one,  consisting 
of  four  girls  and  four  boys.  Judge  Stott  attended  school  at  Forest  Grove 
and  o-raduated  from  the  Pacific  University  in  the  class  of  '69,  and  at  once 
commenced  the  study  of  law  under  Hon.  John  W.  WhaUey,  of  Portland, 
and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1870.  He  commenced  practice  in  Yamhill 
countv,  and  shortly  afterwards  associated  himself  with  James  McCain,  whom 
be  terms  "  the  Logan  of  Yamhill."  There  he  remained  until  1873,  when  he 
came  to  Portland  and  associated  himself  with  the  late  Charles  A.  Ball,  Esq. 
In  1874  he  was  elected  a  member  of  the  Legislative  Assembly  from  Mult- 
nomah county  as  a  Republican  on  the  "  People's  Ticket."  He  was  appoint- 
ed Chairman  of  the  Judiciary  Committee.  In  1876  he  was  elected  Prose- 
cuting Attorney  for  the  Fourth  Judicial  District.  At  the  end  of  his  offi- 
cial term  in  that  capacity  the  firm  of  Ball  &  Stott  was  dissolved  and  Judge 
Stott  then  associated  himself  with  Hon.  John  M.  Gearin,  under  the  firm 
name  of  Stott  &  Gearin.  Their  practice  proved  lucrative,  and  the  firm 
was  not  dissolved  until  1880,  when  Judge  Stott  was  elected  to  the  position 
he  now  so  ably  fills.  Judge  Stott  was  married  in  1876  to  Mrs.  Susan  C. 
Stout,  widow  of  the  late  Lansing  Stout,  of  Oregon,  their  family  consisting  of 
two  children.  He  is  a  gentleman  of  tall,  commanding  appearance,  with 
pleasant  features,  expressive  of  more  than  ordinary  intelligence  and  fore- 
thought. He  dresses  plainly,  although  with  neatness,  and  is  one  of  those  plain, 
every-day,  sensible  sort  of  men  one  dehghts  to  meet  in  the  upper  walks  of 
life.  There  is  nothing  distant  about  him.  He  has  always  the  same  pleas- 
ant smile  for  the  rich  and  poor  alike,  and  is  therefore  honored  and  respected 
by  all  classes  of  society.  His  friendships  are  strong,  and  his  enemies,  if  he 
has  any,  are  among  those  who  are  least  acquainted  with  him,  for  those  who 
know  him  most  intimately  are  his  warmest  and  most  enthusiastic  friends. 


HON.  A.  S.  BENNETT, 
At  present  Circuit  Judge  of  the  Fifth  Judicial  District,  with  his  residence 
at  The  Dalles,  was  born  in  Dubuque  county,  Iowa,  on  the  lOth  day  of  June, 
1854,  and  came  to  Oregon  when  he  was  but  eleven  years  of  age,  crossing  the 
plains  in  the  footsteps  of  the  thousands  who  had  preceded  him,  and  he  has 
resided  in  this  State  or  Washington  Territory  continuously  since  1865.  He 
received  a  common  school  education,  but  that  he  made  the  best  use  of  his 


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time  when  a  student  is  shown  by  the  prominence  he  has  even  at  his  present 
early  age  attained  at  the  bar.  He  was  elected  County  Superintendent  of 
Schools  for  Wasco  county  in  1878.  Naturally  ambitious  and  realizing  the 
scope  that  the  practice  of  law  afforded  an  active,  energetic  young  man  to 
attain  fame  and  fortune,  he  early  decided  to  adopt  it  as  a  profession.  He 
read  Blackstone,  etc.,  under  Hon.  J.  B.  Condon,  of  Tlie  Dalles,  and  in  Jan- 
uary, 1880,  having  passed  a  very  successful  examination  before  the  Supreme 
Court,  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar.  He  was  elected  a  member  of  the  Ht)U8e 
from  Wasco  county  at  the  last  general  election,  but  resigned  his  office  be- 
fore the  Legislature  convened  to  accept  the  office  of  Circuit  Judge  of  the 
Fifth  Judicial  District,  tendered  him  by  Governor  Thayer  upon  the  resig- 
nation, September  1,  1882,  of  Hon.  L.  L.  McArthur.  During  the  brief  time 
he  has  been  on  the  bench  he  has  given  universal  satisfaction,  showing  an 
earnest  and  conscientious  disposition  to  deal  justly  and  at  the  same  time 
hew  closely  to  the  strict  line  of  the  law.  His  opinions  are  indicative  of 
careful  study  and  a  thorough  knowledge  of  the  common  law.  He  is  a  pleas- 
ant, companionable  gentleman  and  makes  friends  rapidly.  Politically 
speaking  he  is  a  Democrat,  v.nd  matrimonially  considered  he  is  a  young 
bachelor,  although  not  beyond  redemption.  He  is  six  feet  one  inch  high, 
weighs  about  170  pounds,  and  is  of  robust,  hearty  health.  As  a  friend  he 
is  valued,  as  a  man  he  is  esteemed,  as  an  attorney  he  is  respected,  and  as  a 
Judge  he  is  honored  and  revered. 


HON.    ROBERT   SHARP    BEAN. 

"Every  man  has  two  educations — one  which  he  receives  from  others, 
and  one,  more  important,  which  he  gives  himself."  Very  early  in  life  the 
subject  of  this  sketch  learned  this  important  lesson,  and  the  fruits  of  its 
strict  observance  are  being  enjoyed  by  him  at  present.  Only  tweutj'-eight 
years  of  age  and  an  Oregon  boy,  it  is  certainly  pleasant  to  record  the  won- 
derful success  that  has  crowned  his  eiJbrts.  He  owes  his  present  success  to 
no  accident  of  birth  or  fortune,  but  he  has  earned  it  through  the  toilsome 
avenue  of  study  and  hard  work.  His  early  education  was  imparted  to  him 
in  a  district  school  during  the  winter  months,  when  the  plow  of  his  father's 
farm  stood  idle  in  the  granary.  Who  knows  what  dreams  of  future  success 
flitted  across  the  mind  of  the  plow-boy  when  dreamily  following  the  furrow 
behind  the  jaded  team?  Some  whisper  of  the  prosperity  and  honor  in  store 
for  him  must  have  been  borne  to  his  ears  as  an  encouragement  to  him  in 
the  routine  work  of  farm  life.  He  was  possessed  of  an  active  brain  and  un- 
daunted courage,  however,  and  in  early  life  became  imbued  with  a  desire 
to  follow  the  profession  of  law,  and  his  school  days  were  improved  with 
that  object  in  view.  He  was  born  in  Yamhill  county  on  the  28th  day  of 
November,  1854,  and  moved  with  his  parents  to  Lane  county  at  an  early  age, 
where  he  has  resided  ever  since.  He  entered  the  Christian  College  at  Mon- 
mouth in  September,  1869,  pursuing  his  studies  during  the  winter  and 
working  on  the  farm  during  the  summer  months.  He  graduated  with  high 
honors  in  June,  1873.  He  worked  at  the  carpenter's  trade  until  November, 
1874,  when  he  commenced  the  study  of  law  with  the  late  Hon.  John  M. 


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Thompson,  in  Eugene  City,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  December,  1876. 
He  shortly  afterwards  formed  a  partnership  with  Mr.  Thompson  and  was 
associated  with  him  at  the  time  of  his  death  in  February  of  the  present 
year.  Feeling  deficient  in  certain  branches  of  education,  he  entered  the 
State  University  at  Eugene  City  in  September,  1877,  and  graduated  in  1878, 
being  a  member  of  the  first  class  that  graduated  from  that  now  promineut 
institution  of  learning.  He  continued  in  the  active  practice  of  his  pro- 
fession until  1882,  when  he  was  honored  with  the  nomination  and  election 
to  the  Judgeship  of  the  Second  Judicial  District.  He  is  one  of  the  most 
popular  young  men  in  his  district,  his  genial,  good-humored  and  aflFable 
disposition  making  him  friends  everywhere.  He  is  small  of  stature,  weigh- 
ing less  than  140  pounds,  trim  built,  neatly  dressed,  pleasant  features,  brown 
hair  and  beard,  the  latter  full,  a  clea'-  beaming  eye,  and  is  universally  con- 
ceded to  be  good  looking.  Although  young  in  years,  he  has  brought  to  the 
bench  of  the  district  over  which  he  presides  an  experience  valued  from  the 
fact  that  it  was  culled  from  practical  life,  and,  having  ever  been  a  deep  stu- 
dent, he  combines  with  such  experience  the  result  of  zealous  research  in 
legal  lore,  and  his  decisions  thus  far  have  been  viewed  with  great  favor  by 
the  members  of  the  bar.  He  is  just  in  his  rulings  and  prompt  in  his  trans- 
action of  the  business  of  the  court.  He  was  married  in  September,  1880,  to 
Miss  Ina  E.  Condon,  second  daughter  of  Prof.  Thos.  Condon,  of  the  State 
University  at  Eugene  City,  and  has  one  child.  He  is  an  honored  member 
of  the  Masonic  fraternity  and  a  man  among  men  wherever  jow  find  him. 

HON.    H.    K.    HANNA. 

There  is  probably  no  member  of  the  legal  profession  better  or  more  fa- 
vorably known  throughout  Southern  Oregon  than  is  the  subject  of  this 
sketch,  by  reason  of  his  long  and  intimate  acquaintanceship  with  its  leading 
men  and  active  participation  in  all  matters  of  public  import  that  have 
tended  to  advance  the  interests  of  that  section  of  the  State.  His  enterprise 
and  integrity  have  made  for  him  friends  among  all  classes  of  society,  and  his 
name  is  a  synonym  for  honesty  and  industry.  Judge  Hanna  was  born  in 
Steuben  county.  New  York,  May  22, 1832.  After  arriving  at  a  sufficient  age 
he  attended  the  public  schools  of  his  native  place  until  he  was  fourteen 
years  old,  when  he  entered  a  dry  goods  store  as  salesman.  In  1848  he  im- 
migrated to  Wayne  county,  Ohio,  where  he  found  employment  in  the  Re- 
corder's office.  Succumbing  to  the  Western  fever,  he  came  to  California  in 
1850  and  at  once  struck  out  for  the  gold  fields  of  the  interior.  He  remained 
in  California  for  about  eight  years,  and  working  his  way  northward,  we  find 
him  a  resident  of  Josephine  county  in  1858.  He  still  followed  his  avocation 
as  a  miner  with  varied  success,  devoting  his  spare  time  to  preparation  for  a 
thorough  course  in  the  study  of  law,  which  he  afterwards  availed  himself  of 
under  the  late  lamented  Hon.  James  D.  Fay,  and  was  in  1872  admitted  to 
the  bar.  Prior  to  his  admission,  however,  he  was  elected  Prosecuting  At- 
torney for  the  First  Judicial  District,  and  on  assuming  the  duties  of  that 
office  he  removed  to  Jacksonville,  where  he  still  resides.  He  was  re-elected 
in  1874  and  again  in  1876.  When  in  1878  the  law  was  passed  creating  a 
separate  Supreme  Court,  Governor  Thayer  appointed  Judge  Hanna  Circuit 


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Judge  of  the  First  Judicial  District  in  place  of  Hon.  P.  P.  Prim,  who  was 
appointed  Supreme  Judge.  In  1880  he  was  nomiuateil  and  elected  as  his 
own  successor,  and  he  still  occupies  the  same  high  anil  honorable  position. 
Judge  Hanna  is  a  man  of  rare  worth  and  intelligence.  He  is  remarkably 
clear-headed  and  grasps  with  readiness  any  knotty  problem  of  law.  and  is 
quick  in  forming  an  opinion  and  rendering  a  decision.  None  are  more  in- 
dependent than  himself,  and  neither  fear  nor  favor  control  his  acts  in  either 
public  or  private  life.  He  believes  in  calling  things  by  their  right  names 
and  has  the  reputation  of  fearlessness  in  all  he  does  and  says.  Socially 
speaking  he  is  one  of  the  pleasantest  men  on  the  bench  and  has  a  host  of 
friends.  He  is  full  of  enterprise,  and  although  nearly  tU'ty  years  of  age, 
has  the  vim  and  energy  of  a  man  in  the  very  prime  of  life.  He  is  the  per- 
sonification of  integrity  and  as  a  jurist  is  honored  and  respected.  He  is 
married  and  has  three  children,  one  of  which  is  adopted.  Judge  Hanna  is 
a  Past  Master  Workman  of  the  A.  O.  U.  W.  and  Past  Sachem  in  the  I.  O. 
R.  M.  He  has  won  a  warm  corner  in  the  hearts  of  the  people  of  Southern 
Oregon,  and  we  bespeak  for  him  many  years  of  usefulness. 

HON.    O.    B.    MOORES. 

Some  men  attain  the  goal  of  personal  or  political  prominence  by  reason 
of  their  wealth,  some  because  of  their  knowledge  of  and  recourse  to  polit- 
ical trickery,  others  because  of  their  happy,  genial  disposition,  social  qual- 
ities and  facility  for  making  friends,  while  some,  and  they  are  few  indeed, 
are  honored  with  distinction  through  merit  alone.  The  subject  of  this 
sketch  has  succeeded  thus  far  in  life  simply  because  he  merited  success  and 
at  the  same  time  is  possessed  of  those  qualifications  which  tend  to  make  a 
man  popular  with  the  public,  viz:  industry,  energy,  ambition  and  aff"ability, 
and  no  young  man  has  brighter  prospects  for  the  future  or  gives  better 
promise  of  fulfilling  the  expectations  of  sincere  well-wishers  and  devoted 
friends  thjjn  does  Charles  B.  Moores,  the  private  secretary  of  His  Excel- 
lency Governor  Moody.  He  is  well  qualified  to  discharge  the  duties  and 
responsibilities  of  that  office  by  virtue  of  his  long  residence  in  and  extensive 
knowledge  of  this  our  commonwealth  and  his  versatility  as  a  correspondent. 
He  is  a  plain,  good-natured,  pleasant  yoiing  gentleman,  with  whom  no  cer- 
emony— like  his  popular  chief— is  necessary  beyond  the  common  courtesy 
one  gentleman  owes  to  another,  and  he  has  already  made  a  host  of  friends 
with  those  who  for  the  first  time,  perhaps,  have  had  any  dealings  with  him. 
Mr.  Jloores  was  born  in  Benton,  Missouri,  August  6,  1849,  and  with  his 
parents  removed  to  Danville,  Illinois,  in  1851.  In  the  spring  of  1852  the 
family  removed  to  Oregon,  arriving  in  Salem  in  March,  1853.  where  he  has 
since  resided  almost  contmuously.  He  was  educated  at  the  Willamette 
University  and  graduated  in  the  class  of  1870.  The  following  week  he  ac- 
cepted a  situation  in  the  land  department  of  the  Oiegou  and  California 
Railroad  Company  at  Portland  as  draughtsman,  Avhere  he  remained  four 
years.  He  went  East  in  1874  and  attended  one  course  at  H.  C.  Spencer's 
Business  College,  in  Washington,  D.  C.  He  then  went  to  Philadelphia, 
wliere  he  remained  one  year  in  attendance  at  the  law  department  of  the 


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University  of  Pennsylvania,  taking  one  course  of  lectures.  In  September, 
1876,  he  went  to  Ann  Arbor,  Michigan,  where  he  continued  his  study  of  law 
and  completed  his  course,  graduating  with  high  honors  in  March,  1877.  In 
this  connection  we  might  add  that  while  visiting  Eastern  cities  Mr.  Moores 
wrote  some  very  interesting  letters  home,  a  number  of  which  found  their 
way  into  the  columns  of  the  "  Oregonian"  and  "  Statesman"  and  were  read 
with  deep  interest,  and  were  highly  indicative  of  far  more  than  ordinary 
talent  in  that  line.  Many  of  his  friends  have  urged  him  to  adopt  journal- 
ism as  a  profession,  appreciating  his  ability  as  a  writer.  He  has,  however, 
since  his  return  to  Salem  in  1877,  applied  himself  wholly  to  the  practice  of 
law,  in  which  profession  he  lias  made  rapid  progress.  In  1880  he  was  elected 
Chief  Clerk  of  the  House  of  Representatives,  and  in  that  position  evinced 
surprising  executive  ability  and  was  generally  conceded  to  be  as  efficient  an 
officer  as  that  body  ever  employed.  He  was  married  November  1,  1881,  to 
Miss  Sallie  E.  Chamberlin,  and  is  said  to  make  a  model  husband.  The  re- 
sponsibilities of  married  life,  however,  have  not  deprived  him  of  his  pro- 
verbial love  for  fiTn  and  frolic,  and  he  is  still  the  life  of  any  social  gathering 
in  which  he  may  be  a  participant.  He  is  highly  esteemed  by  all  who  know 
him,  and  we  predict  for  him,  with  confidence,  a  life  of  honor,  trust,  promi- 
nence, and,  we  hope,  of  affluence,  as  he  is  certainly  deservingjof  the  greatest 
and  best  of  Fortune's  favors.  Mr.  Moores  is  a  member  of  the  I.  O.  O.  F., 
and  is  at  present  P.  G.  of  Chemeketa  Lodge,  No.  1. 


FRANK    E.    HODGKIN, 

An  humble  attache  of  the  State  Department,  was  bom  in  Tecumseh,  Mich- 
igan, March  8,  1846.  Left  an  orphan  at  an  early  age,  he  was  reared  by  his 
grandparents.  Dr.  and  Mrs.  William  Bacon,  now  residents  of  Niles,  Michi- 
gan, and  who,  by  the  way,  if  they  live  until  February  next,  will  celebrate 
the  sixty-eighth  anniversary  of  their  marriage.  With  them  "  Frank"  moved 
to  Princeton,  Illinois,  in  1850,  where  his  early  life  was  spent  and  where  he 
received  the  benefits  of  a  common  school  education.  He  there  learned  the 
tinner's  trade,  which  occupation  he  followed  until  coming  to  Oregon  in 
June,  1870.  In  September  of  the  same  year  he  received  the  appointment 
of  night  clerk  in  the  Portland  postoffice  under  Hon.  L.  H.  Wakefield,  where 
he  remained  until  the  spring  of  1872,  when  he  went  to  Salem  and  for  a  few 
months  acted  as  local  editor  of  the  "  Statesman."  In  December  of  the  same 
year  he  accepted  a  position  on  the  editorial  staff  of  the  Portland  Daily 
"  Bulletin,"  where  he  remained  until  the  summer  of  1874.  In  January, 
187.5,  he  was  appointed  mailing  and  delivery  clerk  in  the  Salem  post  office 
under  Colonel  T.  B.  Rickey,  and  there  remained  until  the  spring  of  1876.  He 
then  returned  to  Portland  and  was  the  first  city  editor  of  the  Daily  Evening 
"Telegram"  of  this  city.  He  was  afterwards  associated  with  W.  S.  Chap- 
man, Esq., in  the  editorial  management  of  the  Daily  "Bee,"  which  position 
he  resigned  in  September,  1878,  to  accept  the  office  of  Assistant  Secretary 
of  State  under  Hon.  R.  P.  Earhart,  who  that  month  assumed  his  official 
duties.  Mr.  Hodgkin,  in  September,  1881,  was  commissioned  Assistant 
Adjutant  General  on  the  staff' of  Brigadier  Geneial  E.  Meyer,  with  the  rank 


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of  Major,  Avbicli  position  he  but  recently  resigned.  On  Mr.  Earhart's  re- 
election as  Secretary  of  State  in  1882,  be  re-appointed  Mr.  Hodf,'kin  as  his 
Assistant,  wliich  position  he  still  hoJds.  He  is  also  the  Salem  correspond- 
ent of  the  Daily  "Oregonian"  and  San  Francisco  "Chronicle,"  and  is  now 
serving  his  third  year  as  Secretary  of  the  Salem  Fire  Department.  He  was 
married  September  2,  1874,  to  Miss  Frankie  A.  Dunbar,  youngest  daugliter 
of  Hon.  Rice  Dunbar,  deceased,  and  their  family  consists  of  four  children. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  I.  O.  O.  F.  and  A.  O.  U.  W.,  luiving  "  passed  the 
chairs"  in  both  organizations.  His  latest  venture  in  the  literary  line  is  the 
publication  of  the  present  volume  of  "  Pen  Pictures,"  of  which  lie  is  one 
of  the  authors. 


HON.    A     F.    WHEELER, 

Who  during  the  past  four  years  has  acted  as  Assistant  State  Treasurer,  and 
has  just  entered  upon  his  second  term  in  that  capacity,  is  a  man  just  in  the 
prime  of  life,  and  one  who  is  by  nature  endowed  with  the  very  qualifications 
necessary  to  make  him  successful  in  the  responsible  position  he  occupies 
as  the  guaidian  and  accountant  of  the  public  funds.  He  was  born  in  Bris- 
tol, Indiana,  December  9,  1844.  His  early  life  was  a  series  of  migratitms 
from  point  to  point  until  18G2,  when  he  enlisted  in  Company  I,  Eighty- 
eighth  Indiana  Regiment,  and  in  March,  1863,  was  discharged  by  reason  of 
disabilities  received  while  in  service.  In  1863,  in  company  with  his  brother, 
A.  Wheeler,  Esq.,  now  of  Shedd's  Station,  he  started  for  Oregon  and  reached 
Linn  county  in  November  of  that  year.  In  the  Sirring  of  1864  he  was  ap- 
pointed Deputy  County  Clerk  of  Linn  county,  where  he  remained  imtil  1867, 
when  he  began  reading  law  under  Judge  Powell.  In  1868  he  Avent  to  Salem 
and  worked  for  a  short  time  in  the  County  Clerk's  office,  under  George  A. 
Edes,  Esq.  In  1868  he  went  to  Corvallis  and  engaged  in  the  photograph  biis- 
iness,  and  in  1869  he  taught  school  at  Union  Point,  near  Brownsville.  He 
then  went  into  the  mercantile  business  with  his  brother  at  Brownsville, 
where  he  remained  until  1871,  v/hen  he  disijosed  of  his  interest  in  the  store 
and  went  to  Harrisburg  and  kept  books  for  W.  H.  Baber,  and  afterwards  for 
E.  Cartwright,  Esq.,  of  Albany.  He  had  meanwhile  learned  the  art  of  tele- 
graphy, and  in  1872  he  was  appointed  by  Hon.  O.  P.  S.  Plummer,  then  Dis- 
trict Superintendent,  as  manager  of  the  office  of  the  Western  Union  Tele- 
graph Company  at  Albany,  where  he  remained  for  about  one  year,  and 
in  connection  with  P.  H.  Raymond,  Esq.,  ran  the  postoffice  and  a  book  store 
in  connection  with  the  telegraph  office.  In  October,  1873,  he  took  charge 
of  the  Salem  office,  where  he  remained  until  September,  1878,  when  he  ac- 
cepted his  present  position  under  Hon.  Edward  Hirsch,  State  Treasurer.  In 
1876  Mr.  Wheeler  was  elected  County  Treasurer  of  Marion  county,  in  which 
capacity  he  served  for  two  years,  and  in  connection  with  his  other  business 
was,  and  is  still,  agent  for  several  first-class  insurance  companies.  Mr. 
Wheeler  has  been  twice  married,  the  first  time  to  Miss  Laura  Nealy,  of  Polk 
county,  who  died  September  11,  1880.  In  .January,  1882,  he  was  married  to 
Miss  Josie  D.  Stull,  of  South  Bend,  Indiana.  He  has  one  child,  a  daughter, 
by  his  first  wife.     Mr.  Wheeler  is  a  man  of  low  stature  and  light  frame,  a 


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quick,  nervous  disposition,  and,  for  a  man  of  his  physique,  a  good  constitu- 
tion. He  is  a  very  competent  accountant,  a  splendid  penman,  accurate  and 
rehable  in  business  matters,  and  possessed  of  a  sufficient  knowledge  of  law 
to  qualify  him  to  draw  up  important  documents  in  legal  shape;  thoroughly 
honest,  sober  and  industrious,  and  every  way  qualified  for  the  important 
position  he  occupies.  He  is  genial,  and  is  calculated  to  make  warm  personal 
friends.  He  is  a  member  of  the  I.  O.  O.  F.  and  of  the  A.  O.  U.  W.  Mr. 
Wheeler  is  a  fluent  speaker,  and  when  interested  in  a  debate  is  capable  of 
dealing  telling  blows  in  defense  of  his  opinions,  and  he  is  noted  for  his 
bluntness  and  the  poignancy  of  his  remarks.  In  a  word,  Mr.  Wheeler  is  a 
usef  nl  member  of  society,  and  with  more  such  citizens  we  would  have  less  of 
the  sham  and  tinsel  in  this  world  of  ours.  We  bespeak  for  him  a  more  bril- 
liant future  than  he  has  experienced  in  the  past. 


HON.    EUGENE    P.    M'OORNAOK, 

Though  a  native  of  Illinois,  might  properly  be  called  an  Oregonian,  as  he 
has  lived  in  this  country  since  earlj'  childhood  and  has  acquired  his  edu- 
cation here.  His  father  purchased  a  farm  in  the  vicinity  of  Eugene  City, 
and  in  18G0  sent  the  subject  of  this  sketch  to  wrestle  with  the  spelling 
book  in  the  district  school  of  that  village,  where  he  remained  for  several 
years.  In  1868  he  entered  the  preparatory  course  in  the  Albany  Collegiate 
Institute,  where  he  remained  two  years,  only  partially  completing  the 
course.  He  then  went  to  the  Pacific  University,  completed  the  pre- 
paratory course,  entered  college  in  1871,  and  graduated  from  that  institu- 
tion in  the  classical  course  m  1875;  went  to  The  Dalles,  taught  a  year  in  the 
pubhc  school,  began  the  study  of  law  with  Hon.  L.  L.  McArthur,  continued 
a  year,  when,  finding  his  financial  meal-tub  empty,  he  went  into  the  field 
as  a  Deputy  United  States  Surveyor.  Continued  on  the  government  sur- 
veys until  the  fall  of  1878,  when  he  was  elected  Clerk  of  the  Board  of  Com- 
missioners for  the  sale  of  school  lands,  etc.,  of  the  State  of  Oregon,  and  im- 
mediately entered  upon  the  discharge  of  the  duties  of  that  office.  This 
position  he  has  filled  during  the  four  years  of  the  last  administration  to  the 
entire  satisfaction  of  all.  In  the  discharge  of  its  duties  he  has  been  faith- 
ful and  efficient.  The  Board,  of  which  he  is  Clerk,  constitutes  the  Land 
Department  of  the  State,  has  the  exclusive  control  and  disposition  of  all 
lands  belonging  to  the  State,  and  the  management  and  investment  of  the 
school,  university  and  Agricultural  College  funds.  The  management  of 
the  office  in  all  of  its  intricate  details,  requires  great  capacity,  accuracy, 
systematic  method  and  a  most  abundant  stock  of  patience.  Those  not 
familiar  with  tlie  amount  and  the  character  of  the  work  done  in  this  de- 
partment, little  comprehend  the  capacity  required  to  successfully  adminis- 
ter its  duties.  Mr.  MeCoruack's  administration  of  the  office  during  the 
past  four  years  has  been,  in  every  respect,  most  satisfactory.  He  has  con- 
ducted it  upon  the  most  systematic  business  principles,  and  in  now  enter- 
ing upon  a  second  term  of  four  years,  he  carries  with  him  a  valuable  ex- 
perience derived  from  familiarity  with  the  duties  of  the  office,  and  the  con- 
fidence of  all  of  those  wdtli  whom  he  has  been  brought  in  contact. 


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HON.    SEYMOUR    W.    CONDON, 

Who  has  just  entered  upou  bis  duties  as  State  Librariau  for  tlie  ensuiuf,' 
two  years,  is  a  young  man  of  rare  promise  who  is  destined  beyond  a  doubt 
to  assume  a  prominent  place  in  the  ranks  of  tlie  legal  profession  for  whioh 
he  is  now  preparing  himself  by  a  thorough  and  systematic  course  of  study, 
for  the  purpose  of  pursuing  which  he  became  a  candidate  for  his  present 
office.  He  was  born  at  Albany,  Oregon,  February  5, 18G0.  With  his  parents 
he  moved  successively  to  The  Dalles,  Forest  Grove  and  Eugene  City,  in 
which  places  he  attended  school  and  made  rapid  advancement  in  his  studies. 
He  entered  the  State  University  at  Eugene  City  in  1876.  In  April,  1880,  he 
accepted  a  position  as  clerk  in  the  office  of  Hon.  R.  P.  Earhart,  Secretary 
of  State,  where  he  remained  until  January,  1881,  during  which  time,  by  his 
quiet,  gentlemanly  deportment,  and  his  habits  of  industry  and  unflinching 
integrity  he  won  the  well-merited  esteem  of  his  employer,  associates  and 
acquaintances.  Realizing  the  importance  of  the  completion  of  his  collegiate 
course  before  entering  upou  the  active  study  of  his  chosen  profession  he 
resigned  his  position  in  January,  1881,  and  returning  to  Eugene  City  re- 
sumed his  studies  in  the  State  Universitv,  spending  his  s})are  moments  in 
the  study  of  law  under  the  late  Hon.  J.  M.  Thompson  and  Hon.  Robert  S. 
Beau,  now  Circuit  Judge  of  the  Second  Judicial  District.  He  graduated 
from  the  University  in  the  class  of  '82,  and  shortly  afterwards  came  to  Sa- 
lem and  resumed  his  old  position  in  the  office  of  the  Secretary  of  State.  He 
received  the  caucus  nomination  of  the  Republican  members  of  the  Legisla- 
tive Assembly  of  1882,  and  was  elected  State  Librarian  by  a  flattering  ma- 
jority. He  is  the  oldest  son  of  Prof.  Thomas  Condon,  of  the  State  Uni- 
versity, and,  like  his  father,  is  a  man  of  unsullied  reputation. 


HON.    T.    B.    ODENEAL 

Came  to  Oregon  in  1853,  ciossiug  the  plains  in  what  was  kuown  as  the  "Boy 
train" — nine  in  number,  ranging  in  age  from  eighteen,  and  the  oldest  not 
twenty-one.  Hon.  William  W^aldo,  now  State  Senator  from  Marion,  was 
senior,  and  captain  of  the  company.  Ari'ived  in  Salem  on  the  27th  day  of 
September,  after  a  journey  of  five  months  and  seven  days,  and  commenced 
working  for  Hon.  Asahel  Bush,  in  the  "  Statesman"  office,  the  next  day. 
Was  Chief  Clerk  of  the  House  of  Representatives  of  the  Oregon  Legislature 
at  the  sessicm  of  1855-6.  Was  elected  and  served  as  Clerk  of  Benton  county 
from  1856  to  1860,  and  in  that  year  was  admitted  to  practice  at  the 
bar.  He  founded  the  Corvallis  "Gazette"  in  1863,  and  published 
the  same  until  July,  1866.  Served  as  County  Judge  of  Benton  county  about 
two  years  by  appointment  from  Governor  Gibbs,  and  four  years  addition.d 
by  election — term  ending  in  1870.  Was  appointed  Assistant  Assesscn-  of 
Internal  Revenue  in  1870,  for  the  division  embracing  all  the  counties  of 
Oregon  south  of  Clackamas  and  Washington  ;  served  until  April,  1872,  when 
the  jjosition  was  resigned  to  accept  the  office  of  Superintendent  of  Indian 
Affairs  in  Oregon,  which  was  held  until  abolished  by  act  of  Congress  Sep- 
tember 1, 1873.  Was  appointed  Clerk  of  the  Supreme  Court  on  the  1st  day 
of  August,  1880,  which  position  he  still  holds. 


SE:]sr.^TOR.s. 


HON.  W.  J.  M'CONNELL 
■\yho,  during  the  past  two  sessions,  has  so  ably  represented  Yamhill  county, 
and,  during  the  session  just  closed,  occupied  the  highly  responsible  position 
of  President  of  the  Senate,  is  a  young  man  just  in  the  prime  of  life  and  en- 
joys the  reputation  among  the  ladies  of  being  the  handsomest  member  of 
the  body.  He  is  a  gentleman  of  ordinary  height,  weighing  about  175  pounds, 
ruddy  complexion,  with  full  beard,  a  broad  expanse  of  forehead  and  brown 
hair.  He  dresses  neatly,  but  not  loud,  and  is  of  pleasing  address.  As  a  pre- 
siding officer  he  has  given  universal  satisfaction,  his  decisions  as  such  hav- 
ing been  rendered  with  a  view  of  dealing  justly  with  all  parties  concerned. 
He  is  prompt  and  energetic  in  transacting  the  business  of  the  session,  and, 
possessing  a  clear,  ringing  voice,  he  imparts  a  certain  degree  of  vim  into  the 
proceedings  and  pushes  business  with  rapidity.  He  is  generous,  genial, 
jovial  and  good-natured,  appreciates  a  good  story  and  is  liked  by  all.  He 
was  born  in  Oakland  county,  Michigan,  in  1839,  and  spent  the  first  twenty 
years  of  his  life  on  his  father's  farm,  attending  school  in  the  meantime.  Be- 
■coming  imbued  with  the  Western  fever,  he  started  for  California  in  1860, 
where  he  engaged  in  mining  for  about  two  years  with  indiiferent  success. 
He  came  to  Oregon  in  1862,  en  route  to  Salmon  river  mines.  Was  diverted 
from  this  enterprise,  however,  by  discouraging  reports,  and  settled  in  Yam- 
hill county,  where  he  engaged  in  teaching  school  at  North  Yamhill.  In  the 
spring  of  1S63  himself  and  John  Porter,  a  miller,  purchased  six  horses,  to- 
gether with  a  gardener's  outfit,  consisting  of  plow,  garden  seeds,  etc.,  and 
started  for  the  Boise  mines  in  Idaho  Territory.  They  shipped  their  animals 
to  The  Dalles,  where,  packing  them,  himself  and  his  partner  walked  the  en- 
tire distance,  over  the  Blue  mountains  and  along  the  Meacham  trail.  They 
located  on  a  small  tributary  of  the  Payette  river  and  commenced  operations 
as  gardeners.  The  enterprise  proved  successful,  to  the  surprise  of  every 
one,  and  the  young  men  laid  by  some  money.  The  country  at  that  time  was 
infested  with  horse  thieves  and  road  agents,  together  with  deserters  from 
both  armies  ;  those  from  Price's  rebel  ranks  largely  predominating,  and  the 
civil  authorities  were  powerless  to  protect  citizens  and  travelers.  After  a 
long  series  of  losses  caused  by  the  theft  of  horses  and  mules,  Mr.  McConnell 
was  forced  to  protect  himself  by  going  in  pursuit  of  the  parties  who  had 
committed  the  depredations.  This  brought  about  a  conflict  between  him- 
self and  a  band  of  outlaws  who  originally  came  from  Fort  Union,  in  New 
Mexico,  and  led  to  the  organization  among  the  farmers  of  what  was  then 
known  as  a  vigilance  committee.  Mr.  McConnell's  leadership  of  that  organ- 
ization attracted  public  attention  and  he  was  tendered  the  position  of  Dep- 


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uty  United  States  Marshal  under  Mr.  Alvord,  which  he  accepted,  and  was 
literally  civeu  entire  charge  of  the  office.  The  faithfulness  and  efficiency 
with  which  he  discharged  the  duties  of  that  office  is  a  matter  of  history.  It 
became  necessary  for  Mr.  McConnell  to  visit  the  Eastern  States  during  the 
summer  of  18()G,  and  his  departure  was  announced  by  a  Boise  City  paper  as 
having  already  taken  place.  Business  matters,  however,  detained  him  a 
conple  of  days,  during  which  time  the  editor  of  the  "Idaho  World"  made 
an  infamous  assault  upon  his  standing  and  character  through  the  columns 
of  that  paper.  Mr.  McConnell  had  already  started  on  his  trip,  but  w^as 
overtaken  by  a  friend  and  his  attention  called  to  the  article.  Not  wishing 
to  leave  the  Territory  with  even  the  shadow  of  a  stain  on  his  character,  he^ 
at  once  returned  to  Idaho  City  to  settle  the  matter.  The  result  of  that  set- 
tlement is  also  an  interesting  scrap  in  the  early  history  of  that  Territory. 
Mr.  McConnell,  having  been  detained  several  weeks  in  the  final  settlement 
of  this  matter,  and  the  time  having  nearly  arrived  when  he  was  to  be  mar- 
ried to  one  of  Yamhill's  fairest  daughters,  gave  up  his  Eastern  trip  and  re- 
turned to  the  Willamette  valley.  On  the  1.5th  day  of  September,  1866,  he 
was  married  to  Miss  Louisa  Brown,  the  wedding  taking  place  at  the  resi- 
dence of  James  M.  Fryer,  Esq.,  of  North  Yamhill,  in  the  very  house  now 
occupied  as  a  family  residence  by  Mr.  McConnell.  He  having  resigned  his 
position  as  Deputy  Marshal,  he  went  with  his  young  wife  to  Humboldt 
county,  California,  where,  for  the  next  four  years,  he  was  engaged  in  the 
stock  business.  It  not  proving  congenial  to  his  taste,  however,  he  returned 
to  Oregon  and  engaged  at  once  in  the  general  merchandising  business  at 
North  Yamhill,  which  he  has  conducted  for  ten  years  uninterruptedly.  He 
has  also  conducted  branch  establishments  in  Eastern  Oregon  and  Northern 
Idaho.  At  present  his  mercantile  attention  is  confined  solely  to  his  busi- 
ness enterprises  at  Moscow,  I.  T.,  in  connection  Avith  which  he  contracts 
with  farmers  for  large  quantities  of  flaxseed,  his  operations  in  that  com- 
modity being  such  as  to  control  the  market  of  the  Pacifie  Coast.  He  still 
continues  to  live  at  his  old  home  in  North  Yamhill,  where  he  owns  a  fine 
farm  and  is  interested  in  various  other  business  enterprises.  Politically 
speaking,  Mr.  McConnell  is  an  uncompromising  Republican.  He  was  elected 
State  Senator  in  1880  and  has  ever  proved  active  and  efficient  in  the  dis- 
charge of  his  public  duties. 


HON.  SOL.  HIRSOH. 
There  are  few  men  who  ever  sat  in  the  legislative  halls  of  Oregon  who 
can  look  back  with  more  pride  to  a  longer,  more  honored  or  useful  career 
than  can  Senator  Hirsch,  of  Multnomah  county.  Looking  down  the  vista 
of  years  we  see  him  at  the  foot  of  a  hill,  a  poor  boy,  struggling  with  pov- 
erty and  want ;  and,  without  at  present  recounting  his  adversities,  we  find 
him  to-day  at  its  summit,  an  honored  citizen  of  this  commonwealth,  sur- 
rounded by  all  the  comforts  and  many  of  the  luxuries  of  life?  and  the  re- 
cipient of  the  honor,  esteem  and  confidence  of  his  fellow  men.  These  ad- 
vantages and  these  blessings  are  not  the  result  of  a  streak  of  good  luck. 


EEPEESENTATIVE    MEN    OF    OREGON.  3 

Far  from  it.  They  are  the  result  rather  of  an  uus\vervin<,'  auihition,  an  un- 
sullied integrity,  and  an  enterprising,  active  mind  that  will  overcome  all 
obstacles  and  knows  no  such  word  as  fail.  His  position  is  alwayH  at  the 
front  and  he  is  accorded  the  leadership  in  any  movement  in  which  he  car- 
ries an  interest.  He  is  a  man  of  remarkably  strong  constitution,  clear  and 
penetrating  eyes,  a  prominent,  well-shaped  head,  whiskers  and  hair  of  Ijeavy 
growth  and  as  black  as  jet.  Heis,  in  fact,  the  most  intelligent-looking  man 
in  the  Senate,  and  the  fact  is  his  looks  do  not  belie  him.  He  is  cool,  delib- 
erate and  collected  in  all  his  movements,  with  an  iron  will  and  naturally 
determined  and  stubborn  when  once  he  thinks  he  is  in  the  right.  He  has  a 
keen  eye  for  the  interests  of  his  constituents,  and,  although  not  given  to 
airing  his  eloquence,  he  generally  manages  to  get  the  light  word  at  the 
right  moment  in  the  right  place.  He  was  born  in  Wurtemburg,  Germany, 
March  25,  1839.  His  youth  was  spent  in  the  old  country  in  attendance  at 
the  common  schools  of  that  day.  He  immigrated  to  this  country  in  1854  and 
at  once  secured  a  clerkship  in  a  store  in  Ne\V  Haven,  Connecticut,  where  he 
remained  a  few  months  and  then  went  to  New  York  City  to  try  his  f(^-tunes. 
He  accepted  a  clerkship  on  Fulton  street  and  remained  there  a  short  time, 
then  going  to  Rochester,  N.  H.,  where  he  remained  until  18.58.  Then  joining 
his  brother,  Hon.  Edward  Hirsch,  our  present  State  Treasurer,  together 
they  came  to  Oregon,  reaching  Portland  about  the  middle  of  April  of  that 
year.  Together  they  opened  a  small  retail  establishment  at  Dallas,  in  Polk 
county,  w:here  they  remained  three  years,  and  here  it  was  that  the  subject 
of  our  sketch  laid  the  foundation  of  his  fortune.  They  then  moved  to  Sil- 
verton,  where  "  Sol."  remained  about  three  years,  and,  with  a  view  of  giving 
himself  a  broader  sphere  in  which  to  exercise  his  acknowledged  mercantile 
sagacity,  he  went  to  Portland  and  became  interested  in  the  wholesale  dry 
goods  house  of  L.  Fleischner  &  Co.,  then  located  on  the  west  side  of  Front 
street  between  Stark  and  Oak.  Their  business  increased  rapidly.  Their 
quarters  becoming  cramped,  the  firm  of  Fleischner,  Mayer  <fe  Co.,  as  it  stood 
in  1875,  secured  more  extensive  accommodations  in  their  present  location, 
and  to-day  occupy  the  proud  position  of  the  leading  wholesale  dry  goods 
establishment  on  the  coast,  outside  of  San  Francisco,  their  annual  sales,  in 
fact,  exceeding  by  far  many  more  pretentious  establishments  in  California's 
metropolis.  Mr.  Hirsch's  first  appearance  in  the  political  arena  was  in 
1864,  while  residing  at  Silverton.  He  took  it  into  his  head  one  day  that  his 
brother,  Mayer  Hirsch,  then  a  leading  merchant  of  Salem,  would  make  a 
good  delegate  to  attend  the  National  Convention,  to  be  held  at  B;,ltimt)re, 
Md.  Acting  on  the  impulse,  he  put  in  an  appearance  at  the  State  Conven- 
tion, whicli  met  at  Albany,  and — well,  it  is  needless  perhaps  to  add  that 
Mr.  Hirsch  received  his  nomination,  and,  together  with  Josiah  Failing,  Fred 
Charman,  Rev.  T.  H.  Pearne,  Hiram  Smith  and  J.  W.  Souther,  assiH+ed  in 
the  second  nomination  of  the  lamented  Abraham  Lincoln.  Senatt)r  Hirsch 
was  a  delegate  to  the  Republican  State  Convention  of  1872,  that  nominated 
Hon.  Jos.  G.  Wilson  for  Congress,  and  he  was  that  year  elected  a  member 
of  the  House  from  Multnomah  county,  and  as  an  acknowledgment  of  his 
well-known  financial  ability,  was  appointed  a  member  of  the  Committee  on 
Ways  and  Means.     In  1874,  the  Republican  party  of  Multnom.-ih  county 


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nomiuiifced  aud  elected  him  State  Senator,  he  being  the  only  candidate 
elected  in  opposition  to  the  Independent  ticket  then  in  the  field,  his  oppo- 
nent being  Judge  Strong.  In  1878  he  was  re-elected  over  Hon.  J.  B.  Congle 
and  in  1880  was  honored  by  receiving  the  entire  Republican  vote  of  the 
Senate  as  President  of  that  body,  in  which  trying  position  he  displayed 
marked  executive  ability,  and  by  his  fairness  and  impartiality  won  the  es- 
teem of  both  political  sides  of  the  Chamber.  He  was  re-elected  for  the 
second  time  in  1882  as  State  Senator  by  nearly  1,200  majority  over  his  oppo- 
nent, Hon.  John  Oatlin.  This  is  by  far  the  largest  majority  ever  given  in 
the  State  on  the  election  of  State  Senator,  and  was  highly  complimentary 
to  Mr.  Hirsch.  The  Republican  delegation  from  Multnomah  county  to  the 
State  Convention,  which  met  in  Portland,  in  April,  1882,  unanimously  rec- 
ommended Mr.  Hirsch  as  a  member  of  the  State  Central  Committee  from 
that  county,  and  he  was  afterwards  unanimously  elected  as  Chairman  of 
that  organization.  His  very  successful  management  of  the  campaign  of 
1882  is  a  matter  of  history,  the  defeat  of  the  Democratic  party  being  as  dis- 
astrous as  was  the  success  of  the  Republican  party  brilliant.  Never  was  a 
campaign  in  this  State  better  managed,  its  organization  more  complete,  its 
work  more  effective,  and  its  result  more  successful,  and  to  Hon.  Sol.  Hirsch 
is,  in  a  great  measure,  due  the  praise  for  the  brilliancy  of  its  success.  In 
the  session  of  1882,  Senator  Hirsch  was  appointed  Chairman  of  the  Com- 
mittee on  Ways  and  Means,  and,  as  ever,  proved  himself  one  of  the  most 
active  workers  on  tlie  floor.  On  the  1st  day  of  February,  1870,  Senator 
Hirsch  was  married  to  Miss  Josephine  Mayer,  daughter  of  Jacob  Mayer, 
Esq.,  of  the  firm  of  which  Mr.  Hirsch  is  an  active  member.  She  is  an  ac- 
knowledged leader  in  society  and  a  mother  in  the  fullest  sense  of  the  word 
to  their  four  bright  and  intelligent  children.  Mr.  Hirsch  being  just  in  the 
prime  of  life,  it  is  safe  to  predict  for  him  a  bright  and  brilliant  future. 


HON.    JOSEPH    SIMON. 

One  of  the  first  members  to  attract  the  attention  of  a  stranger  on  enter- 
ing the  Senate  Chamber  is  the  Senator  from  Multnomah,  whose  name 
heads  this  sketch,  not  that  he  is  either  of  commanding  appearance  or  hand- 
some, but  because — well  just  because  he  is  not  considered  over  burdened 
with  either  of  these  unnecessary  virtues.  He  possesses,  however,  what  is 
considered  a  superior,  marked  intelligence  and  keen  perceptive  faculties. 
He  can  detect  a  defect  in  any  measure  as  readily  as  any  member  on  the  floor, 
and  his  opinion  never  fails  to  receive  the  careful  consideraticm  of  his  col- 
leagues. He  came  to  Oregon  in  18.57,  when  he  was  but  six  years  of  age,  and 
with  his  parents  settled  in  Portland,  where  he  assisted  his  father  in  the 
nc  rcautile  business.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of  that  city  and,  being 
a  hard  aud  thorough  student,  was  not  long  in  securing  such  educational 
advantages  as  they  offered  at  that  day.  Possessing  a  desire  to  study  law 
he,  in  1870,  entered  the  office  of  Mitchell  &  Dolph  as  a  student,  and  soon 
developed  more  than  ordinary  talent.  He  was  a  close  student  and,  possessed 
of  a  retentive  memory,  he  showed  marked  progress  and  was  ready  for  exam- 
ination for  admission  to  the  bar  in  1872.     He  passed  a  successful  examina- 


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tion  and,  having  secured  his  "  sheep-skin,"  was,  within  a  very  sliort  time, 
admitted  to  partnership  in  the  firm  with  whom  he  stiidied.  He  applied 
himself  closely  to  his  profession  and  no  young  attorney  in  the  State  stands 
higher  in  the  estimation  of  the  people  than  does  Mr.  Simon.  In  1877  he 
was  honored  with  the  position  of  City  Councilman  from  the  Second  ward, 
which  position  he  held  for  three  years,  during  which  time  he  was  for  several 
months  President  of  the  Council  and  acting  Mayor.  He  was  Secretary  of 
the  Republican  State  Central  Committee  and  had  the  management  of  the 
campaign  of  1878,  and  was  elected  Chairman  and  directed  affairs  in  1880.  In 
this  arduous  position  he  displayed  excellent  traits  in  generalship,  and  was 
greatly  instrumental  in  securing  the  success  of  the  Republican  ticket.  The 
same  year  be  was  elected  State  Senator  from  Multnomah  county,  and  in 
the  session  of  that  year  was  Chairman  of  the  Committees  on  Railroads  and 
Assessments  and  a  member  of  the  Judiciary  Committee.  In  the  session  just 
closed  he  was  Chairman  of  the  Committee  on  Commerce  and  a  member  of 
the  Judiciary  Committee.  As  a  legislator  he  is  a  hard  worker,  and  any 
measure  in  which  his  county  is  interested,  or  the  interests  of  the  State  are 
involved,  finds  in  him  a  zealous  supporter.  He  is  of  low  and  heavy  build, 
with  a  good-shaped  head,  clear  piercing  eye,  high  forehead  and  heavy  chin 
whiskers.  He  talks  with  ease,  but  speaks  slowly.  "Joe"  is  unmarried,  and 
the  fault  is  his  own.  This,  we  believe,  is  the  only  objectionable  feature  he 
possesses  in  the  minds  of  the  fair  sex. 


HON.    T.    W.    DAVENPORT 

Was  born  in  Columbia  county,  N.  Y.,  July  30, 1826.  He  had  the  advan- 
tages of  a  fair  education,  which,  with  a  view  of  studying  medicine,  he  made 
the  most  of.  He  learned  the  drug  business  at  an  early  age  and  devoted  his 
spare  time  to  the  study  of  medicine  and  attended  a  course  of  lectures  at 
Sterling  Medical  College,  in  Columbus,  Ohio,  in  1847.  In  1851  he  moved 
with  his  parents  to  Oregon  and  settled  in  Marion  county,  where  he  has  re- 
sided ever  since,  devoting  his  attention  to  farming,  and  ranks  among  the 
most  successful  in  that  line  of  business.  He  was  elected  County  Surveyor 
in  1864  and  1866,  and  a  member  of  the  House  in  1868  and  1870,  and  was  re- 
nominated in  1872,  but  decUned  to  run.  In  1874  he  received  the  nomination 
for  Congress  on  the  Independent  ticket  and  made  a  canvass  of  the  State 
with  Hon.  Richard  Williams,  the  Republican  candidate.  George  A.  LaDow, 
the  Democratic  nominee,  being  the  successful  candidate.  He  was  elected 
State  Senator  in  1882.  Mr.  Davenport  has  been  a  prominent  politician  in 
Marion  county  for  years  and  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  R*^put>lican 
party  of  Oregon  along  in  1855.  His  father  was  an  anti-slavery  Whig  and 
the  son  an  original  Abolitionist.  In  1862  he  was  appointed  Special  Indian 
Agent  on  the  Umatilla  Reservation.  He  has  been  twice  married,  the  first 
time,  in  1852,  to  Miss  Flora  Geer,  daughter  of  Hon.  R.  C.  Geer,  o\  Marion 
county.  She  died  in  1870,  from  the  small-pox  contracted  by  Mr.  Davenport 
while  in  attendance  as  a  member  of  the  House  of  Representatives  in  the 
fall  of  that  year,  his  entire  family  being  down  sick  with  that  disease.  In 
1872  he  was  married  to  Mrs.  N.  E.  Wisner,  of  Linn  county,  their  family  con- 


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sistiuff  of  six  children.  Mr.  Davenport  is  an  active  member  of  the  Legis- 
lative body  and  a  hard  worker.  Having  bad  considerable  expeiience  in  that 
line,  his  advice  and  counsel  is  much  sought  after.  He  is  a  plain,  every-day 
sort  of  a  man,  dresses  with  becoming  taste,  is  of  ordinary  height  and  weight, 
with  a  well-shaped  head,  auburn  hair  and  whiskers.  He  has  been  a  deep 
reader  and  is  well  posted  on  all  ordinary  subjects.  He  is  a  ready  speaker 
and  indulges  freely  in  the  debates  of  the  Senate.  He  is  honest  and  con- 
scientious in  all  his  public  acts,  and  by  his  neighbors  is  considered  honora- 
ble and  fair  in  all  his  dealings.  He  is  an  active  member  of  the  Good  Tem- 
plars' organization  and  has  taken  an  active  interest  in  the  Grange. 

HON.    STEWART    M.    PENNINGTON, 

Who  is  now  serving  his  second  term  as  State  Senator  from  Umatilla  county, 
is  an  uncompromising  Democrat,  and  is  considered  one  of  the  best  men  in 
that  body.  He  is  a  quiet,  unassuming  gentleman,  but  keeps  his  weather 
eye  open  and  is  thoroughly  posted  on  every  question  of  importance  that 
comes  up  for  consideration.  He  was  born  in  Monroe  county,  Kentucky,  in 
1824,  and  was  the  eighth  of  thirteen  children.  He  received  a  common 
school  education  and  with  his  parents  moved  to  McDonough  county,  TUi- 
nois,  in  1831,  where  he  worked  on  his  father's  farm  until  April,  1847,  when 
he  startea  for  Oregon  in  company  with  a  train  of  emigrants.  He  disposed 
of  his  team  at  Fort  Hall,  and  in  company  with  John  Danford,  Joel  McKee, 
John  Monroe  and  Robert  Greenvill,  started  on  horseback  for  Oregon  City. 
AVhen  near  Fort  Boise  the  Indians  succeeded  in  stealing  their  animals,  leav- 
ing them  without  means  of  transportation  in  a  strange  country.  They  suc- 
ceeded, however,  in  trading  some  old  clothes  for  Indian  ponies  with  some 
friendly  Indians,  two  hickory  shirts  being  considered  equivalent  to  a  pony. 
With  these  animals  they  continued  their  journey,  reaching  Oregon  City  in 
September,  1847.  He  commenced  work  in  Governor  Abernethy's  saw-mill 
at  three  dollars  a  day,  payable  half  in  cash  and  half  in  scrip,  or  orders  on  the 
store.  He  also  farmed  awhile  on  the  Tualatin  plains.  In  the  spring  of  1849 
he  went  to  California,  where  he  spent  about  two  years  in  mining  and  run- 
ning a  general  provision  store  in  Sacramento.  He  returned  to  Oregon  in 
1850  and  took  up  his  residence  in  Linn  county,  near  the  present  town  of 
Lebanon,  where  he  was  married  to  Miss  Abigail  E.  Cooper.  Here  he  spent 
about  eleven  years  of  his  life  between  his  donation  claim  of  640  acres,  which 
he  stiU  owns,  and  his  wagon  shop  in  Albany,  he  being  a  practical  wagon 
maker.  While  there,  and  while  his  party  was  largely  in  the  ascendancy,  he 
was  repeatedly  urged  to  accept  some  office,  but  persistently  refused,  pre- 
ferring rather  to  pursue  his  regular  line  of  business  to  entering  the  political 
arena.  With  his  family  he  moved  into  Umatilla  county  in  1871,  settling  on 
Butter  creek  and  entering  the  stock  business,  in  which  enterprise  he  is 
still  engaged,  although  more  recently  residing  at  Pendleton.  He  was  nom- 
inated aud  elected  State  Senator  in  1878,  and  re-elected  in  1880.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  standing  Committees  on  Elections  and  Public  Buildings 
and  is  an  active  worker.  He  has  ever  been  an  enthusiastic  supporter  of  the 
free-school  system  and  carefully  guards  the  interests  of  his  section  of  the 


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coxmtry  iu  matters  of  legislation.  He  is  an  honored  member  of  the  Masonic 
fraternity  and  a  consistent  supporter  of  the  Baptist  religion.  He  has 
raised  a  family  of  seven  children  and  boasts  proudly  of  being  the  grand- 
father of  four  little  Webfeet.  His  attention  to  business  is  proverbial  and 
his  standing  among  Senators  is  first  class,  as  they  iuvarialily  regard  him 
as  honest,  sensible  and  intelligent. 


HON.  N.  B.  HUMPHREY, 
The  Senator  from  Linn  county,  whose  name  and  geniality  of  character  is 
proverbial  in  our  midst.  He  was  born  with  a  broad  grin  overspreading  his 
features,  and  nothing  in  the  ridiculous  side  of  life  escapes  this  happy  man's 
notice.  He  was  born  in  Louisa  county,  Iowa,  January  80,  18-4(),  and  worked 
on  his  father's  farm  until  he  was  sixteen  years  of  age,  when  he  commenced 
the  study  of  law  at  Albia,  in  his  native  State,  and  was  admitted  iu  1861,  the 
year  of  his  arriving  at  age.  The  war  breaking  out  soon  afterwards,  he  at 
once  enlisted  as  a  private  soldier  in  Company  D,  '22d  Iowa  Infantry.  He 
served  nine  months  in  the  ranks  and  at  Vicksburg,  Miss.,  was  elected  First 
Lieutenant,  where  he  served  about  one  month  and  was  promoted  to  the 
captaincy,  in  which  capacity  he  served  with  efficiency  until  the  close  of  the 
war,  his  company  participating  in  several  of  the  most  important  battles  of 
the  campaign.  He  was  mustered  out  of  service  at  Davenport,  Iowa,  August 
4,  1865,  and  returned  to  Albia,  where  he  resumed  the  practice  of  law.  He 
was  elected  County  Judge  of  his  county  iu  1865  and  resigned  iu  March  of 
1866,  when  he  started  across  the  plains  for  Oregon,  arriving  in  Albany,  Linn 
county,  in  September  of  the  same  year,  where  he  has  resided  ever  since,  en- 
gaged in  the  practice  of  his  pi-ofession.  In  June,  1872,  he  was  elected  Pros- 
ecuting Attorney  of  the  Third  Judicial  District,  in  the  discharge  of  which 
duties  he  displayed  his  characteristic  energy  and  persistence.  He  was 
elected  State  Senator  from  Linn  county  in  1880,  at  a  time  when  the  county 
was  about  300  Democratic,  his  majority  being  about  290,  with  a  known  rep- 
utation as  an  imcompromising  Republican.  As  a  Senator  and  representative 
of  the  people  Captain  Humphrey  is  active,  energetic  and  untiring.  He  is 
perfectly  ai  home  in  debate  and  his  remarks  always  command  attention. 
His  personal  appearance  is  favorable,  being  of  a  little  more  than  ordinary 
height,  well-proportioned,  broad  shoulders,  a  pleasant  face  and  an  eye  fairly 
twinkling  with  mirth  at  all  times.  His  hair  and  mustache  are  slightly 
tinged  with  gray.  He  is  undoubtedly  the  brightest  wit  of  the  Assembly  and 
his  jokes  pass  from  mouth  to  mouth,  exciting  mirth  whenever  repeated,  but 
none  can  tell  his  stories  as  he  tells  them  himself.  He  is  a  companionable, 
social  chap  and  we  sincerely  hope  that  his  shadow  may  never  grow  less  and 
his  belief  in  the  doctrines  of  the  Presbyterian  church  increase. 


HON.    GEORGE    B.    DORRIS. 

One  of  the  most  gratifying  features  of  our  republican  form  of  government, 
and  one  of  which  has  contributed  largely  to  its  perpetuity,  is  the  fact  that  a 
wide  field  of  honor,  distinction    and  usefulness  lies  open  to  every  young 


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man  of  talent  and  ambition.  No  matter  liow  poor  his  circumstances,  with 
a  proper  amount  of  energy,  determination  and  patience  he  can  make  of 
himself  a  useful  citizen  and  a  leader  among  men.  The  subject  of  this  sketch 
is  a  fair  example  of  this  class  of  men.  He  was  born  in  Nashville,  Tennessee, 
on  the  9th  day  of  March,  1832,  where  he  resided  during  the  early  part  of 
his  life,  serving  a  regular  apprenticeship  at  the  tinner's  trade  and  becoming 
a  thorough  master  of  the  same.  He  moved  to  Clarkesville,  Tennessee,  in 
1852,  and  applied  himself  to  securing  an  education.  By  strict  economy  and 
close  appliance  to  his  trade,  he  managed  to  lay  by  sufficient  means  to  enable 
him  to  pursue  a  course  of  instruction  in  the  Masonic  Academy  of  that  city. 
He  came  to  Cahfornia,  in  November,  1855,  and  engaged  in  the  stove  and  tin 
business  at  Crescent  City,  reading  law  meanwhile  with  Judge  8.  P.  Wright, 
of  that  city.  Came  to  Oregon  in  1861  and  settled  at  Jacksonville  and  con- 
tinued the  study  of  law  under  Hon.  B.  F.  Do  well,  and  was  admitted  to  the 
bar,  in  1864,  by  the  Supreme  Court  of  this  State.  He  settled  in  Eugene 
City  the  following  year,  and  in  May,  1866,  was  married  to  Miss  Emma  A- 
Hoffman,  of  Jacksonville.  He  has  resided  in  Lane  county  since  1865,  and 
is  highly  esteemed  as  one  of  its  most  influential  citizens.  He  is  a  staunch 
Democrat  and  represented  that  county  in  the  House  of  1870  and  was  elected 
State  Senator  at  the  last  general  election.  He  is  a  prominent  Mason  and  a 
member  of  the  A.  O.  U.  W.  He  has  three  children  and  enjoys  home  life 
rather  than  the  excitement  of  a  public  career. 
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HON.    W.    A.    STARKWEATHER, 

Who  is  now  serving  his  second  term  as  State  Senator  from  Clackamas 
county,  was  born  in  Preston,  Connecticut,  February  16, 1822.  He  was  raised 
on  the  farm,  biit  received  the  benefits  of  a  very  fair  education,  mostly  de- 
rived from  the  common  schools,  aided  by  an  occasional  attendance  at  some 
select  school.  He  prepared  himself  for  teaching  and  followed  this  profession 
as  a  means  of  livelihood  for  a  number  of  years.  He  left  his  native  place  in 
1846  and  went  to  Ohio  and  taught  about  two  years  in  the  schools  of  Red- 
ding and  Lockland.  He  came  to  this  coast  in  1850,  having  crossed  the 
plains.  He  remained  but  a  few  months  in  California  and  came  to  Oregon, 
in  the  fall  of  1850  and  was  with  Governor  Moody  and  others  in  the  survey- 
ing party  that  located  the  meridian  line  in  1851.  He  took  up  a  donation- 
land  claim  near  Scio  in  the  following  year,  on  which  he  remained  until  1854,. 
when  he  removed  to  Clackamas  county,  where  he  has  since  resided.  He 
spent  several  years  on  a  farm,  and  in  1861  went  into  the  United  States  Land 
Office  at  Oregon  City.  He  was  elected  a  member  of  the  House  and  attended 
the  session  of  1854-5,  and  has  been  so  often  a  member  of  that  body  since 
that  date  that  the  data  is  forgotton.  He  was  elected  State  Senator  in  1878 
for  the  term  of  four  years.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Eliza  Gordon  in  1853 
In  1857  he  was  elected  as  a  member  of  the  State  Constitutional  Convention 
Mr.  Starkweather  is  an  uncompromising  Republican  and  stands  high  in  his 
party.  As  a  legislator  he  is  an  indefatigable  worker  and  watches  with  zeal- 
ous care  the  interests  of  his  constituents  and  the  entire  State.  Mr.  Stark- 
weather is  a  fine-looking  old  gentleman,  with  flowing  white  beard,  promi- 


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nent  features,  penetrating  eyes  and  a  well-shaped  head.  He  occasionally 
indulges  in  debate,  but  is  not  given  to  airing  his  eloquence  and  is  highly 
esteemed  by  all  who  know  him. 


HON.    ENOCH    HOULT. 

Although  naturally  of  a  retiring  disposition,  no  member  of  the  Senate  of 
1882  was  better  posted  on  those  subjects  of  paramount  importance  than  was 
Hon.  Enoch  Hoult,  of  Linn  county.  As  a  citizen  of  our  commonwealth  he 
is  universally  esteemed;  as  a  Democrat  he  possesses  the  entire  confidence 
of  his  party,  and  as  a  legislator  he  is  an  active,  energetic  worker.  He  is  a 
Virginian  by  birth,  having  first  seen  the  late  of  day  in  Monongahela  county 
in  1820.  He  turned  his  attention  to  farming  and  stock-raising,  having  but 
few  educational  advantages.  His  parents  moved  to  Edgar  county,  Illinois, 
in  1832,  and  here  Mr.  Hoult  found  a  life  partner  in  the  person  of  Miss  Jen- 
nett  Sommerville,  to  whom  he  was  married  in  1842,  and  whom  he  still  sur- 
vives, she  having  passed  away  in  April,  1878.  He  came  across  the  plains  in 
1853  and  settled  in  Lane  county,  about  ten  miles  north  of  Eugene  City,  con- 
tinuing his  vocation  as  a  farmer.  In  1863  he  moved  to  Harrisburg,  in  Linn 
county,  where  he  has  resided  ever  since.  He  represented  Lane  county  in 
the  Constitutional  Convention  in  1857,  and  was  elected  State  Senator  from 
Linn  county  in  1870,  serving  his  constituency  faithfully.  He  followed  the 
business  of  stock-raising  with  great  success  in  Eastern  Oregon.  He  has 
just  served  the  first  session  of  his  second  term.  Politically  speaking  he  is 
a  Democrat,  but  not  unnecessarily  partisan  in  his  views.  He  is  a  promi- 
nent member  of  the  Masonic  order  and  attained  high  honors  in  its  various 
branches.  He  has  a  family  of  seven  children,  but  one  of  which  is  of  the 
male  pursuasion;  three  of  his  daughters  being  married.  He  is  a  man  of  low 
stature,  well-built,  with  pleasant  features  partially  covered  with  a  beard 
which,  in  sympathy  with  his  hair,  is  slightly  tinged  with  gray. 


HON.    JACOB    VOORHEES, 

The  Senator  from  Marion,  was  born  in  Montgomery  county.  New  York,  on 
the  25th  day  of  May,  1841.  The  greater  part  of  his  early  life  was  spent  on 
his  father's  farm,  he  receiving  meanwhile  the  benefit  of  a  very  fair  education 
by  attendance  at  the  common  schools  of  his  native  place  and  a  three  years 
course  of  instruction  in  the  academies  of  Schenectady  and  Clavwack.  He 
engaged  in  school  teaching  for  a  year  or  more  at  Hogan's  Mills,  in  that 
State,  and  in  1865  went  to  Minnesota,  where,  for  about  three  years,  he  was 
engaged  in  the  general  merchandising  birsiness  at  Rochester  and  Minneap- 
oHr.  He  returned  to  New  York  in  1868,  where  he  continued  to  reside  until 
coming  to  Oregon  in  1872.  He  settled  on  French  Prairie,  in  Marion  county, 
and  engaged  in  farming.  He  took  an  active  interest  in  agricultural  pur- 
suits and  associated  himself  with  the  Grange  organization,  in  which  he  has 
sustained  prominent  and  important  standing.  His  intelligence  and  integ- 
rity at  once  commanded  the  respect  of  his  neighbors,  and  in  1882  he  was 
put  forward  as  a  candidate  for  the  State  Senate.    With  his  colleagues  he 


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made  a  canvass  of  the  county,  and  although  the  combined  force  of  the  op- 
position was  directed  against  him  personally,  he  was  elected,  and  has  thus 
far  taken  an  active  part  in  the  proceedings  of  the  Senate.  He  is  rather  a 
tine-looking  gentleman,  of  average  height  and  weight,  neat  and  trim  in  per- 
sonal appearance,  witli  heavy  auburn  beard  and  a  kind,  beaming  eye.  He 
is  an  easy  man  to  approach  and  has  the  faculty  of  making  friends.  He  is  a ' 
strong  Republican  and  has  been  such  ever  since  he  was  entitled  to  a  vote. 
He  is  a  prominent  member  of  the  Masonic  order,  having  united  with  it  in 
18C4.  He  was  married  in  March,  1868,  to  Miss  Anna  M.  Rice,  of  Rock  Hill, 
Missouri,  and  they  have  a  family  of  four  children. 


HON.    THOMAS    E.    CAUTHORN. 

Among  the  silent  majority  in  the  Senate,  the  subject  of  our  sketch  is  an 
honored  member,  and  represents  Benton  county.  He  is  a  pleasant,  well- 
appearing  gentleman,  now  in  the  prime  of  life.  He  has  a  full  face,*  cleanly 
shaven,  with  the  exception  of  chin  whiskers.  His  voice  is  rarely  heard  in 
debate,  but  his  vote  is  always  cast,  after  a  careful  review  of  the  situation, 
and  his  mind  once  made  up  it  is  not  easy  to  change.  He  guards  with  zeal- 
ous care  the  interests  of  the  State,  and  proves  an  honest,  conscientious 
public  servant.  He  was  born  in  Andraiw  county,  Missouri,  in  1849,  his 
younger  days  being  spent  in  a  store.  With  his  parents  he  moved  to  Oregon 
in  1865,  and  settled  at  Corvallis.  He  went  to  Yakima  valley  in  1872,  where 
he  spent  aboiit  three  years  in  the  stock  business.  Returning  to  Corvallis 
in  1875  he  entered  into  partnership  with  his  father  in  the  general  merchan- 
dise business,  which  he  is  still  engaged  in,  and  the  firm  to-day  stands  second 
to  none  in  that  city  for  enterprise  and  general  business  integrity.  His  pa- 
rents are  still  living  and  stand  high  among  the  citizens  of  Benton  county, 
and  "  Tom"  is  considered  a  chip  off  the  old  block,  possessing  the  confidence 
and  esteem  of  all  who  know  him.  He  was  married  December  21,  1870,  to 
Miss  Sarah  L.  Jeffreys,  of  Corvallis,  and  with  his  accomplished  wife  occupy 
prominent  positions  in  the  social  life  of  that  city.  He  made  his  bebut  in 
the  political  arena  at  the  last  general  election,  when  he  was  elected  Senator. 
Politically  speaking,  he  is  a  Democrat,  but  is  not  considered  a  strict  parti- 
san, although  he  sustains  a  good  political  standing  in  his  party.  He  is  also 
an  honored  member  of  the  Masonic  fraternity. 


HON.    JOSEPH    D.    LEE. 

Who  is  serving  the  last  session  of  his  four  years'  term  as  State  Senator  for 
Polk  county,  is,  without  doubt,  one  of  the  most  popular  men  in  that  county, 
possessing  the  esteem  and  confidence  of  its  citizens,  both  as  a  business  man 
and  a  legislator.  He  is  an  Oregon  boy,  having  been  born  and  raised  in  the 
county  he  represents  on  the  27th  day  of  July,  1848,  his  father,  Nicholas 
Lee,  having  come  to  Oregon  in  1847,  and  died  at  Dallas  July  11,  1879,  his 
mother  surviving  the  husband's  death  just  eighteen  months.  The  subject 
of  our  sketch  received  a  partial  academic  education  in  the  La  Creole  Acad- 
emy at  Dallas.     The  greater  portion  of  his  boyhood,  however,  was  spent  on 


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the  farm  or  as  a  clerk  iu  his  father's  store  iu  Dallas.  In  1872  he  was  ad- 
mitted as  a  partuer  in  the  store,  the  name  of  the  firm  beiii;,'  N.  A-  J.  ]).  Lee, 
and  iu  1873  he  purchased  his  fatlier's  interest  in  tlie  establishment  and  as- 
■^nmed  entire  control,  and  to-day  he  occupies  the  position  of  leading  mer- 
.  hant  in  that  city,  his  attention  to  business  and  intricate  knowl6d;,'e  of  the 
trade  haviny  resulted  in  a  most  successful  business  career.  He  was  ap- 
pointed Postmaster  at  Dallas  in  1870  and  served  as  such  for  three  yeai-s, 
and  was  a  memlaer  of  the  first  Board  of  Trustees  m  that  place.  In  1S78  he 
was  elected  Representative  from  that  county,  the  balance  of  tlie  Republican 
ticket  sulferiuf?  defeat,  and  in  1880  he  was  elected  State  Senatt)r  by  a 
handsome  majority.  He  was  married  May  10, 1872,  to  Miss  Eliza  A.  Witten, 
and  they  have  a  family  of  three  children.  Kc  is  a  member  of  the  M.  E. 
Church  and  an  honored  member  of  tiie  I.  O.  O.  F.  He  stands  about  six 
feet  one  inch  in  his  stocking  feet,  and  is  well-proportioned,  weighing  in  the 
neighborhood  of  200  pounds.  His  features  are  pleasant,  his  eye  expressive, 
and  his  hair  and  whiskers  auburn.  He  is  an  active  member,  indulges  in 
debate  but  seldom,  but  always  to  the  point.  He  guards  with  zealous  care 
the  interests  of  the  State,  and  is  inclined  to  be  economical,  but  not  parsi- 
monious. He  is  a  Republican  iu  politics  aud  was  one  of  the  original  six- 
teen who,  at  the  commencement  of  the  session  refused  to  enter  or  abide  by 
the  decision  of  the  caucus. 


HON.    JOHN    M.    SIGLIN, 

The  hold-over  Senator  from  Coos  and  Curry  counties,  is  a  gentleman  who 
at  once  attracts  attention  on  the  tloor  of  the  Seuate.  He  is  of  ordinary 
height  and  weight,  with  piercing  black  eyes  and  prominent  features,  black 
beard  and  hair  and  plainly  dressed.  When  in  street  costume  he  generally 
wears  a  tall  silk  hat,  which  style  this  session  is  an  exception  rather  than  a 
rule.  He  often  indulges  m  debate,  and  his  opposition  to  a  measure  is  gen- 
erally vindictive  and  severe,  while  his  support  is  considered  a  strong  feature 
in  its  favor.  He  is  a  Democrat  on  general  principles,  but  iu  obedience  to 
what  he  claimed  was  the  wish  of  a  majority  of  his  constituency,  he  was  a 
strong  supporter  of  Hon.  John  H.  Mitchell,  Republican  nominee  for  United 
States  Senator.  He  did  not  take  this  stand,  however,  until  fully  convinced 
in  his  own  mind  that  there  was  no  possibility  of  the  election  o{  a  Democrat, 
when  he  naturally  had  his  preference  among  the  Republicans  named.  Mr. 
Siglin  was  born  in  Monroe  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1840,  and  at  the  age  of 
twelve  years  moved  with  his  pareuts  to  Illinois,  where  at  Galena  he  received 
the  benefits  of  an  academic  education.  At  the  breaking  out  of  the  civil  war 
he  enlisted  as  a  private  in  Company  F,  loth  Illinois  Infantry,  under  the  gal- 
lant Col.  Wyman.  For  meritorious  conduct  at  the  battle  of  Wilson's  Creek, 
in  Missouri,  he  was  promoted  to  a  Second  Lieutenancy  and  transferred  to  the 
8th  Illinois  Cavalry,  Company  B,  and  was  the  youngest  conmiissioued  oHicer 
in  that  regiment.  Ke  participated  iu  a  number  of  engagements,  including 
Fair  Oaks  and  the  seven-days'  battle  before  Richmond,  being  compelled  to 
resign  iu  1863  owing  to  failing  health.  Returning  North,  he  commenced 
reading  law  and  was  admitted  to  the  l)ar  in  1867.    He  came  to  Oregon  in 


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1872  and  settled  iu  Coos  couuty,  where  he  has  resided  ever  since.  He 
started  the  "  Coos  Bay  News,"  the  first  newspaper  published  in  that  county, 
and  was  its  editor  for  a  period  of  eight  years.  He  at  once  was  accorded  a 
prominent  part  in  politics  and  has  taken  an  active  part  in  every  campaigrn 
since  his  arrival  there.  In  1880  he  was  elected  joint  Senator  from  Coos  and 
Curry,  that  being  the  first  political  office  for  which  he  was  ever  a  candidate. 
By  the  way,  Mr.  Siglin  is  conceded  to  be  one  of  the  finest  linguists  in  the 
State,  he  being  able  to  speak  several  languages  very  fiuently.  He  was  mar- 
ried in  1863  to  Miss  Nellie  Sherman,  of  Kane  county,  Illinois,  she  being  the 
first  cousin,  once  removed,  of  Gen.  W.  T.  Sherman,  U.  S.  A,  In  1881  he  was 
sent  back  to  Washington  City,  D.  C,  on  behalf  of  the  citizens  of  his  county, 
to  press  their  claims  for  favorable  action  on  the  part  of  Congress  in  the  way 
of  appropriations  for  certain  harbor  improvements,  and  in  his  mission  met 
with  gratifying  success. 

HON.    FRANK    CROSBY    REED, 

The  joint  Senator  from  Clatsop,  Columbia  and  Tillamook  counties,  was 
born  in  Woolwich,  Maine,  March  8,  1847,  his  early  life  being  spent  upon  a 
farm,  his  only  facilities  for  securing  an  education  being  such  as  were  af- 
forded by  the  common  country  schools  of  that  early  day  and  one  term  iu 
the  high  school  at  Litchfield.  He  early  imagined  that  he  would  adopt  a 
seafaring  life,  but  a  trip  from  Boston  to  New  Orleans  and  return  satisfied 
him,  and  he  abandoned  the  sea  and  commenced  learning  the  carpenter's 
trade,  and  from  1867  to  the  spring  of  1875  he  applied  himself  to  his  trade, 
sandwiched  with  a  job  occasionally  of  fishing  or  log  driving.  In  1875  he 
was  married  to  Miss  Hattie  E.  Webb,  at  Woolwich,  Maine,  and  soon  after- 
wards started  for  Oregon,  reaching  Portland  in  April  of  that  year.  Spent 
the  following  summer  among  the  canneries  and  took  up  tlieir  residence  at 
Astoria  in  1876.  He  secured  an  interest  in  the  Fishermen's  Co-operative 
Cannery,  and  iu  the  fall  of  that  year  acted  as  their  superintendent  of  con- 
struction. In  1877,  when  the  fishing  season  set  in,  he  was  employed  by 
the  company  as  superintendent  of  the  cannery,  and  held  that  position  for 
three  years.  He  had  the  misfortune  to  lose  his  wife  in  January,  1880.  He 
was  a  candidate  for  joint  Representative  from  Clatsop  and  Tillamook,  but 
was  defeated  in  the  convention.  After  a  short  visit  to  the  East  in  the 
spring  of  1881,  he  built  a  new  cannery  under  the  firm  name  of  C.  Timmons 
&  Co.  Mr.  Reed  is  a  member  of  the  A.  F.  and  A.  M.,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  A.  O.  U. 
W.  and  K.  of  P.,  having  attained  places  of  distinction  in  each.  He  is  a 
staunch  Republican,  an  earnest  worker  in  the  legislative  halls  and  alive  to 
the  interests  of  his  constituents.  He  is  a  pleasant  gentleman  in  social  life 
and  enjoys  the  confidence  and  esteem  of  all  who  know  him. 


HON.    J.    B.    SIFERS. 

This  well-known  member,  who  is  now  serving  his  second  term  as  State 
Senator  from  Josephine  county,  was  born  in  Morgan  county,  Iowa,  January 
7,  1882,  and  held  the  plow  until  he  was  about  eighteen  years  of  age,  attend- 


REPRESENTATIVE  MEN  OF  OREGON.         13 

ing  the  common  schools  of  the  day,  his  ediicatioual  advantages  being  ex- 
tremely limited.  In  contact  with  the  world,  liowever,  and  making  himself 
familiar  with  the  current  literature  of  the  day,  he  has  stored  his  miml  with 
much  useful  kiiowledge  and  grasps  with  readiness  tlie  importance  oi  leading 
or  meritorious  measures,  and  detects  as  reaiiily  tlie  underlying  defects  of  a 
job.  He  is  a  practical  miller  and  mill-wright,  liaving  learned  that  trade  be- 
fore coming  to  this  coast.  He  crossed  the  plains  and  arrived  in  Oregon 
City  in  1854,  where  he  worked  for  a  few  weeks  at  his  trade  and  then  went  to 
Jackson\dlle  and  tried  mining  for  awhile.  He  was  appointed  Deputy  Sheriff 
in  July,  1855,  and  in  March,  1856,  was  appointed  Clerk  of  the  United  States 
District  Court  by  Hon.  M.  P.  Deady,  where  he  remained  about  two  years 
and  a  half;  he  following  various  vocations  until  1867,  when  he  moved  to 
Kerbyville  and  purchased  the  flouring  mills,  which  he  is  still  running.  He 
served  the  people  of  his  county  four  years  as  Coiinty  Judge  and  was  elected 
State  Senator  in  1880.  He  is  of  tall,  commanding  stature,  and  is  one  of  the 
best-looking  Senators  on  the  floor.  He  is  not  given  to  debate,  but  votes 
intelligently  and  conscientiously.  He  Avas  married  in  1868  to  Miss  Mary 
Peninger,  of  Jacksonville,  but  is  now  a  widower  with  two  boys,  his  wife 
having  died  in  1874.  He  is  an  honored  member  of  the  Masonic  fraternity, 
but  has  never  sought  distinction.  Politically  speaking  he  is  a  Democrat, 
but  not  a  strict  partisan,  as  was  evinced  by  his  voting  for  Hon.  J.  ^. 
Mitchell  for  United  States  Senator  in  deference  to  what  he  considered  was 
the  choice  of  a  majority  of  his  constituents.  His  course  was  criticised  some- 
what, but  having  decided  what  course  to  pursue,  Mr.  Sifers  paid  no  atten- 
tion to  their  attacks  and  gained  friends  by  his  silence. 


HON.    WILLIAM    R.    BILYEU. 

Among  the  Democratic  members  of  the  State  Senate  none  are  considered 
more  stalwart  than  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  who  represents  Linn  county. 
He  is  the  tallest  Senator  on  the  floor,  of  spare  build,  with  chin  whiskers  and 
mustache,  a  broad  forehead  and  glistening  black  eyes.  He  was  born  in 
Miller  county,  Missouri,  in  1848,  and  received  a  common  school  education, 
his  early  life  being  spent  on  a  farm.  His  parents  moved  to  Oregon  in  1862 
and  settled  on  a  farm  in  Washington  county,  and  from  thence  moving  to 
Linn  county  in  1865.  He  there  learned  the  carpenter's  trade,  at  which  he 
worked  for  several  years.  Becoming  weary  of  the  routine  life  of  a  me- 
chanic he  resolved  to  study  law,  and  in  1873  entered  the  office  of  Mallory  & 
Shaw,  of  Salem,  as  a  student  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1876.  He  then 
returned  to  Linn  county  and  commenced  the  practice  of  his  profession  and 
soon  stepped  into  a  lucrative  practice,  he  being  a  hard  worker  and  applying 
himself  closely  to  business  and  carefully  guarding  the  interests  of  his  cli- 
ents. He  is  a  member  of  the  law  firm  of  Powell  it  Bilyeu,  of  Albany.  He 
was  elected  State  Senator  in  1878  and  re-elected  at  the  last  general  election. 
In  legislative  matters,  as  in  law,  he  is  an  active  worker  and  is  an  influential 
member.  He  is  a  ready  debater  and  as  such  is  conceded  a  leading  rank  by 
his  Democratic  colleagues.     He  is  still  unmarried  and  by  the  ladies  is  con- 


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sidered  a  hopeless  case,  although  he  is  quite  a  society  man;  he  is  jovial  and 
makes  friends  with  all  with  whom  he  comes  in  contact. 


HON.  N,  H.  GATES 
Represents  the  counties  of  Wasco  and  Lake  in  the  Senate  and  is  a  man  of 
great  experience.  He  was  born  in  Washington  county,  Ohio,  in  1814,  and 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  that  State,  being  raised  on  a  farm 
until  along  in  his  teens,  when  he  learned  the  carpenter's  trade.  He  was 
married  in  1835  to  Miss  Mary  Koontz,  in  Gallia  county,  Ohio,  and  shortly 
afterwards  moved  to  Iowa,  Avhere  he  worked  at  his  trade  and  practiced  law, 
having  been  admitted  to  the  bar  in  Ohio  along  in  the  year  18.34.  He  re- 
sided in  Iowa  about  eight  years  and  then  moved  to  this  coast.  Spent  about 
two  years  in  California,  mining  and  trading,  and  came  to  Oregon  in  1852 
and  settled  in  Portland.  Went  to  the  Cascades  the  following  year  and  from 
thence  to  The  Dalles,  where  he  has  resided  ever  since.  He  was  elected  to 
the  Territorial  Legislature  in  1855  and  was  a  member  of  the  lower  House 
for  four  consecutive  years,  being  its  presiding  officer  when  Oregon  was  ad- 
mitted as  a  State  in  1859.  Was  elected  County  Judge  of  Wasco  county  in 
1872  and  served  four  years.  He  was  appointed  member  of  the  State  Board 
of  Equalization  in  1872  by  his  Excellency  Governor  Grover  and  held  the 
office  of  Brigadier  General  under  the  same  Executive.  Was  a  member  of 
the  House  in  1878  and  in  1880  was  elected  joint  Senator  from  Lake  and 
Wasco.  He  took  an  active  part  in  the  Umatilla  Indian  war  of  1877-78.  His 
wife  died  in  1866,  and  he  in  1868  married  Mrs.  Mary  Schubnell  at  The 
Dalles.  Politically  speaking  he  is  a  Democrat,  but  not  so  strict  a  partisan 
as  to  prevent  his  voting  for  Hon.  John  H»  Mitchell,  Republican  nominee  for 
United  States  Senator,  in  obedience  to  what  he  considered  was  the  wish  of 
his  constituents.  He  is  an  affable,  courteous  gentleman  and  makes  friends 
readily. 

HON.  WILLIAM  WALDO. 
In  producing  our  "Pen  Picturfs"  we  have  undertaken  no  trifling  task, 
and  we  realize  our  inability  to  do  the  subject  justice  when  we  endeavor  to 
give  a  pen  picture  of  Hon.  William  Waldo,  State  Senator  from  old  Marion 
He  must  be  seen,  yes,  more  than  that,  he  must  be  known,  and  known  inti- 
mately to  be  appreciated.  The  writer  has  known  him  ten  years,  and  still 
from  time  to  time  detects  new  virtues  in  his  character  to  excite  our  admira- 
tion and  esteem.  Mr.  Waldo  is  neither  graceful  nor  handsome.  In  fact  he 
prides  himself  on  being  peculiar  in  his  personal  appearance;  but  he  is  the 
very  soul  of  integrity,  and  none  know  him  but  to  esteem  and  respect  him 
He  is  a  perfect  storehouse  of  information,  having  read  exteiisively  and  being 
endowed  with  a  retentive  memory.  His  word  is  as  good  as  his  bond,  and 
his  standing  among  his  fellow  men  is  exceeded  by  none.  He  is  tall,  but  not 
ill-proportioned,  and  plain  featured.  His  beard  is  stumpy,  his  hair  is  brist- 
ling and  his  costume  unpretentious.  His  eye,  however,  has  a  kindly  ex- 
pression and  his  voice  is  pleasant,  and  a  dozen  words  with  him  will  make 


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you  his  friend.  He  rarely  indulges  in  the  debates  of  the  Senate,  but  when 
he  does  his  remarks  are  to  the  point  and  his  criticisms  are  severe.  He  is 
strictly  conscientious  in  all  his  piiblic  acts,  and  none  dare  assail  his  honor. 
He  was  born  in  Gasconade  county,  Missouri,  in  1S32,  ami  witli  his  parents 
moved  to  Oregon  in  184:3,  settling  in  the  Waldo  Hills,  one  of  the  most  fer- 
tile localities  in  Marion  county.  His  father.  Uncle  Dan  Waldo,  was  a  man 
among  men,  and  William  is  a  chip  off  the  old  block.  His  educational  ad- 
vantages consisted  of  a  two-years'  course  at  the  University  in  Columbia 
Missouri,  in  1855-6,  and  then  three  months'  study  at  the  Willamette  Uui- 
vesity  at  Salem.  He  commenced  the  study  of  law  at  Salem  in  18(50,  under 
Hon,  L.  F.  Grover,  now  U.  S.  Senator,  and  was  admitted  in  1803.  His 
worldly  circumstances  are  such  that  practice  is  unnecessary  and  he  pursues 
his  studies  for  the  simple  love  of  the  profession.  He  has  lived  in  the  citv 
for  a  number  of  years  and  has  at  odd  times  interested  himself  in  business 
enterprises,  among  which  was  the  erection  a  few  years  since  of  the  Houring 
mills  now  owned  by  the  City  of  Salem  Company.  Mr.  Waldo  is  a  Repub- 
lican, but  owes  no  allegiance  to  the  claims  of  a  caucus,  and  with  his  col- 
leagues has  stood  out  against  the  election  of  Hon.  John  H.  Mitchell  to  the 
United  States  Senatorship  in  preference  to  any  of  the  other  candidates 
named.  He  is  now  serving  his  second  term  as  State  Senator,  having  been 
elected  in  1880  and  re-elected  by  a  handsome  majority  in  1882.  He  served 
as  a  high  private  in  the  rear  ranks  during  the  Cayuse  war  of  1847  8,  under 
Capt.  Wm.  Martin,  now  Sheriff  of  Umatilla  county.  He  is  a  P.  G.  of  Che- 
meketa  Lodge,  No.  1,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  of  Salem,  and  acknowledges  a  "  leaning  " 
towards  the  M.  E.  Church.  He  is  considered  by  the  ladies  a  confirmed  old 
bachelor  ;  he  denies  the  allegation,  howevei',  and  insists  upon  it  tiiat  he  is 
still  susceptible  to  the  charms  of  the  fair  sex  and  will  continue  to  receive 
proposals  from  matrons  and  maids  for  several  years  in  the  future. 


HON     ELIAS    JESSUP, 

Who  represented  Yamhill  county  in  the  Senate  of  the  legislative  session 
just  closed,  is  a  tall,  well-proportioned  gentleman,  who  will  pull  the  scales 
at  fully  225  pounds,  and  was  consequently  one  of  the  heavy  weights  of  that 
honorable  body.  He  is  literally  a  new-comer  in  this  State,  but  has  suc- 
ceeded in  establishing  a  most  favorable  reputation  in  his  own  county,  and 
his  legislative  career  has  been  marked  by  an  evident  desire  on  his  part  to 
be  just  to  the  State  while  partial  to  his  own  county.  He  was  boj-n  in  Hen- 
dricks county,  Indiana,  July  11,  1834,  and  was  raised  on  a  farm.  He  at- 
tended Erlham  College  for  a  short  time,  commenced  the  study  of  law  and 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1859.  He  afterward  i)racticed  his  profession  at 
Danville  until  1863,  when  he  removed  to  Harding  county,  Iowa.  Becoming 
favorably  impressed  Avith  the  medical  profession,  he  there  commenced  the 
study  of  medicine  and  afterwards  attended  lectures  at  Rush  Medical  Col- 
lege in  Chicago,  Illinois.  Returning  to  Iowa,  he  assumed  the  practice  of 
medicine,  remaining  there  for  twelve  years,  serving  two  sessions  meanwhile 
as  member  of  the  Iowa  State  Senate.  He  came  to  this  State  in  1880  and 
settled  at  Newberg,  in  Yamhill  county,  and  is  securing  a  lucrative  practice 


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as  a  physician.  He  was  nominated  and  elected  as  State  Senator  fi;om  that 
county  at  the  last  general  election;  he  was  elected  as  a  Republican,  and  was 
one  of  the  sixteen  Republican  members  of  the  Assembly  who  refused  to  go 
into  caucus.  He  has  proved  an  active  and  efficient  piiblic  servant.  He  was 
married  in  1856  to  Miss  Mary  J.  Morris,  of  Richmond,  Indiana. 


HON.    ISRAEL    D.    HAINES, 

"Who  represents  Baker  county  on  the  floor  of  the  Senate,  has  so  often  been 
a  member  of  the  Legislative  Assembly  that  his  name  has  become  almost  a 
household  word  in  the  history  of  our  State.  Mr.  Haines  is  a  gentleman  of 
rather  commanding  appearance,  tall  and  well-proportioned,  neatly  attired, 
pleasant  features,  with  brown  beard  and  hair,  in  which  the  silver  threads 
are  shining.  He  is  a  ready  speaker,  and  takes  an  active  part  in  the  debates. 
He  was  born  in  Xenia,  Ohio,  in  1827;  moved  with  his  parents  to  Missouri  in 
1841,  where  he  resided  until  coming  to  Oregon  in  1849.  He  was  then  con- 
nected with  the  quartermaster's  department  of  the  Rifle  Regiment,  U.  S. 
troops,  commanded  by  Col.  Loring.  The  regiment  took  possession  of  Fort 
Vancouver  a  few  days  after  their  arrival,  under  the  U.  S.  treaty  with  Great 
Britain.  Securing  his  discharge  from  the  U.  S.  service  shortly  afterwards, 
he  went  overland  to  California  in  the  following  spring  and  spent  the  sum- 
mer mining  on  Nelson's  Creek.  He  returned  to  Oregon  the  following  fall 
and  remained  in  Portland  until  1853,  when  he  went  to  Jackson  county.  He 
remained  there  but  a  short  time,  when  the  Randolph  gold  excitement  broke 
out.  Mr.  Haines  went  to  Coos  Bay  and  erected  tlio  first  house  there,  using 
it  as  a  hotel  and  general  merchandise  store.  His  goods  arrived  on  the 
sailing  vessel  "Cynosure,"  commanded  by  Capt.  Whippy;  Mr.  Haines  act- 
ing as  her  pilot  and  guiding  her  across  the  bar,  she  being  the  first  sailing 
vessel  that,  laden  with  merchandise,  ever  entered  that  harbor.  He  returned 
to  Jacksonville  in  the  fall  of  1854  and  carried  on  a  general  merchandising 
business  until  1862.  He  that  year  represented  Jackson  county  in  the 
House  of  Representatives.  He  read  law  under  Hon.  P.  P.  Prim,  and  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  1864.  He  soon  afterwards  moved  to  Idaho  Territory 
and  practiced  his  profession  there  and  in  California.  In  1867  he  opened  an 
office  in  Baker  county,  where  he  has  resided  ever  since,  interspersing  his 
practice  with  successful  ventures  in  farming  and  stock-raising.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  House  from  that  county  in  1876,  and  in  1878  was  elected 
State  Senator  and  was  re-elected  in  1882.  He  is  a  staunch  Democrat  and  a 
strict  partisan.  He  was  married  in  1871  to  Miss  Sarah  M.  Dorsett,  their 
family  consisting  of  five  children.  He  is  an  active,  influential  citizen,  and 
is  highly  esteemed  by  the  people  of  the  county  he  represents. 


HON.  THOMAS  G.  HENDRICKS, 
The  hold-over  Senator  from  Lane  county,  is  a  member  that  does  credit  to 
his  constituents  and  the  party  he  represents.  Politically  speaking,  he  is  a 
Democrat,  and  never  swerves  from  his  partisan  principles.  He  is  one  of 
the  best-looking  members  on  the  floor,  dresses  with  taste,  and  is  considered 
one  of  the  most  honorable  citizens  of  Lane  county,  from  whence  he  hails. 


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He  was  born  in  Henderson  county,  Illinois,  in  1848,  ana,  with  iiis  parents 
readied  Oregon  the  same  year,  settling  in  Lane  county,  where  lie  has  re- 
sided ever  since.  His  parents  died  in  1878  at  a  ripe  old  a^e.  The  subjoct 
of  our  sketch  lived  on  the  farm  until  he  was  twenty-two  years  of  age.  when 
he  commenced  clerkinjj  for  Bristow  &  Co.,  of  Eujjene  City,  of  which  firm 
he  is  noAv  the  successor,  and  carries  on  business  on  the  same  old  corner 
where  years  ago  he  was  but  a  clerk,  and  his  sales  at  the  present  time  amount 
to  abojit  !B50,000  annually.  He  was  married  in  18(53  to  MissM.  .\.  Hazleton, 
who  died  a  few  years  later.  Mr.  Hendricks  has  ever  been  an  active  sup- 
porter of  the  cause  of  education,  and  was  highly  instrumental  in  securing 
the  location  of  the  State  University  in  that  city,  being  the  oldest  membei-'^ 
of  the  Board  of  Regents,  and  has  been  Chairman  of  the  Executive  Com- 
mittee of  that  institution  ever  since  its  firat  organization.  In  1868  Le  was 
married  to  Miss  M.  A.  Stewart,  and  his  family  consists  of  three  daughteis. 
He  has  been  mainly  instrumental  in  the  incorporation  of  the  mnnicii)al 
government  of  Eugene  City,  and  was  one  of  the  original  charter  members 
of  the  City  Council,  having  served  in  that  body  several  years,  and  is  now 
Mayor  of  the  city.  He  was  appointed  Assistant  Adjutant-General  witli  the 
rank  of  Major  on  the  staff  of  Brig.  Gen.  Jno.  F.  Miller,  and  during  his  term 
of  office  took  an  active  interest  in  the  organization  of  tlie  State  mihtia.  He 
is  a  prominent  member  of  the  I.  O.  O.  F.,  with  the  rank  of  P.  G., 
and  served  three  years  as  County  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction. 
In  1880,  during  his  absence  from  the  city  and  while  in  San  Francisco  on  a 
business  trip,  he  was  nominated  as  State  Senator  from  that  county,  and  was 
elected  by  a  handsome  majority.  He  is  active  and  conscientious  in  the  dis- 
charge of  his  official  duties,  and  is  considered  one  of  the  most  influential 
citizens  of  our  fair  young  State. 

HON.    PAINE   PAGE   PRIM, 

Senator  from  Jackson  county,  is  a  gentleman  who  has  been  proinineutly 
connected  with  the  history  of  our  State  for  a  number  of  years  past.  He  is 
a  Democrat  and  is  held  in  high  esteem  by  his  party.  He  was  born  in  Wil- 
son county,  Tennessee,  in  1822.  He  followed  the  plow  on  his  father's  farm 
until  well  alou--  i:i  years  and  graduated  in  the  law  department  of  the  Cum- 
berland University  at  Lebanon.  He  came  to  Oregon  in  1851,  his  means  of 
transportation  being  the  primitive  emigrant  wagon  of  the  day.  He  settled 
in  Linn  county  and  moving  to  Jackson  county  in  1852,  commenced  the 
practice  of  law.  His  knowledge  of  the  profession,  and  his  keen  perception 
of  technicalities,  soon  attracted  the  attention  of  litigants  and  he  found  liim- 
self  possessed  of  a  lucrative  practice.  The  year  1857  marked  two  important 
epochs  in  his  life,  the  most  prominent  being  bis  marriage  with  Miss  Teresa 
M.  Stearns,  which  event  was  closely  followed  by  his  election  as  a  meml)er  of 
the  State  Constitutional  Convention.  He  continued  the  practice  of  law 
until  the  organization  of  the  State  Government  in  1859,  when  Jie  was  ap- 
pointed Supreme  Judge  and  ex-officio  Circuit  Judge  of  the  first  Judicial 
District.  This  position  he  held  until  the  act  of  1878  was  passed,  making  a 
separate  Supreme  Court,  when  he  was  appointed  one  of  the  Associate 
Judges.    Being  re-nominated  in  1880,  he  was  defeated,  and,  on  doffing   the 


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ermine,  again  resumed  practice  and  is  now  acknowledged  as  one  of  the 
leading  attorneys  of  the  first  district.  He  was  elected  Senator  from  Jackson 
county  at  the  last  general  election,  and  was  the  Democratic  caucus  nominee 
for  United  States  Senator,  receiving  thirty-three  votes  for  that  honorable 
position.     He  is  considered  one  of  the  ablest  men  of  that  body. 


HON.    JOHN    MYERS. 

Among  those  most  prominent  in  the  front  ranks  of  the  Democratic-  party 
is  Hon.  John  Myers,  Senator  from  Clackamas  county.  He  is  clear-headed, 
and  watches  carefully  every  measure  brought  forward.  He  is  a  fluent 
speaker,  a  strict  parliamentarian,  possessing  a  retentive  memory  and  is  a 
strong  partisan.  He  is  considered  a  good  financier,  and,  in  connection  with  the 
revenue  laws  of  the  State,  has  given  the  svibject  careful  study.  He  is  of 
heavy  build,  with  clear-cut  features,  and  his  opinions  on  any  subject  never 
fail  to  receive  the  careful  consideration  of  members  of  both  political  parties. 
He  was  born  in  Howard  county,  Missouri,  in  1830,  and  was  raised  on  a  farm. 
He  enlisted  in  the  Mexican  war  in  1847,  and  was  connected  with  the  quarter- 
master's department  for  about  a  year.  Returning  home  in  1848  he  remained 
there  until  the  spring  of  1852,  when  he  started  for  California,  arriving  in 
Stockton  in  October  of  the  same  year,  where  he  engaged  in  mining  and 
trading  until  January,  1857,  when  he  was  appointed  Sheriff"  and  was  after- 
wards elected  to  the  same  office.  Impressed  with  the  idea  that  Oregon 
offered  superior  advantages  to  young  men,  he  moved  here,  arriving  in  Ore- 
gon City  in  August,  1860.  While  on  a  previous  visit  he  was  married  to  Miss 
Sarah  J.  Hood,  of  Oregon  City.  He  settled  there  and  entered  the  mercan- 
tile business,  in  which  he  has  been  engaged  ever  since.  He  was  elected 
Sheriff  of  Clackamas  county  in  1868,  and  represented  that  county  in  the 
State  Senate  of  1872, 1874,  1876, 1878,  and  has  just  been  re-elected  for  another 
four  years'  term,  his  record  in  this  respect  indicating  very  forcibly  the  es- 
teem and  confidence  reposed  in  him  by  the  citizens  of  the  county  he  so  ably 
represents.  He  has  a  family  of  ten  children,  with  one  daughter  married. 
He  is  a  communicant  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church,  and  has  always 
contributed  liberally  to  its  support.  He  has  attained  the  honorable  posi- 
tion of  Past  Master  in  the  Masonic  order  and  has  always  been  a  successful 
business  man,  and  is  to-day  one  of  the  most  influential  men  of  Oregon  City, 
the  citizens  holding  him  in  high  esteem  as  one  of  their  leading  merchants. 


HON.  HENRY  HALL, 
Who  represents  Grant  county  in  the  Senate,  is  a  plain,  every-day  sort  of  a 
man,  such  as  commands  the  respect  and  esteem  of  those  who  have  the  wel- 
fare of  the  State  at  heart,  and  in  whom  they  can  with  confidence  repose  the 
sacred  trust  of  framing  the  laws  for  their  governance.  He  is  of  low  stature, 
dresses  plainly,  and  is  one  of  the  quiet  members  of  that  honorable  body. 
His  vote,  however,  has  been  recorded  on  all  important  measures  and  has 
been  cast  after  a  careful  consideration  of  the  subject.  He  is  of  English 
birth,  having  first  seen  the  light  of  day  in  Dorsetshire,  England,  in  1836. 


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He  atteaded  the  common  schools  in  the  old  country  when  not  busy  on  the 
farm.  He  came  to  this  country  in  18.58,  and  one  year  later  arrived  in  Ore- 
gon, settling  in  Polk  county,  where  he  remained  until  the  f;ill  of  W.l,  when 
he  went  up  into  the  Walla  Walla  valley  with  a  band  of  cattle,  and  in  the 
spring  of  1862  settled  in  the  John  Day  valley,  in  Grant  county.  He  helped 
to  open  the  first  milling  claim  in  that  county  and  erei-ted  the  first  house, 
and  there  he  has  resided  ever  since,  engaged  in  farming  and  stock-raising, 
a  portion  of  the  time  being  in  partnership  with  Hon.  T.  .T.  Brents,  now  dele- 
gate in  Congress  from  Washington  Territory.  His  early  life  is  replete  with 
incidents  of  pioneer  life,  frequently  interspersed  with  romantic  incidents  of 
Indian  warfare.  He  is  a  staunch  Republican  and  was  elected  Ctnint>  Com- 
missioner in  1878,  and  at  the  last  general  election  was  chosen  to  ref. resent 
liis  county  for  four  years  in  the  State  Senate.  He  returned  to  England  in 
1871,  and  while  there  was  married  to  Miss  Ellen  Killick,  of  Hungerford. 
He  is  an  Odd  Fellow  and  a  consistent  member  of  the  Methodist  Church, 
having  been  connected  therewith  for  a  period  of  thirty  years.  He  is  t'.on- 
sidered  one  of  the  solid  men  of  Grant  county,  and  has  made  friends  with 
every  member  of  the  Senate  by  his  paramount  integrity. 


HON.    ROBERT    H.    TYSON, 

Who  represents  Washington  county  on  the  tloor  of  the  Senate,  is  one  of  the 
most  distinguished-looking  members  of  that  body.  He  is  of  ordinary 
height,  well-proportioned,  and  is  always  neatly  dressed.  His  face  is  smooth 
shaved,  with  the  exception  of  a  very  heavy  mustache.  His  eye  is  keen  and 
his  forehead  exparssive.  Mr.  Tyson  was  born  in  Macomb  county,  Miciii<:an, 
-January  7,  1840,  his  early  life  being  divided  between  scliool  and  clerkship 
in  a  store.  He  moved  with  his  parents  to  Springfield,  Illinois,  in  18.5{),  and 
with  his  father  went  into  the  lumber  trade,  where  he  remained  until  lS(i'2, 
when  he  came  to  Oreg(m  "  the  plains  across."  He  settled  in  Polk  coiiuty, 
and,  during  the  next  six  years,  was  engaged  in  teaching  scliool  and  farming. 
He  returned  east  in  1868  and  remained  there  until  1870,  when  he  returned 
to  Oregon  and  resumed  school  teaching,  and  for  about  two  years  and  a  half 
was  editor  and  publisher  of  the  Oregon  "Republican"  at  Dallas.  He  was  also 
publisher  of  the  Roseburg  "  Pantagraph"  for  about  a  year,  closing  it  out  in 
1874.  He  moved  to  Washington  county  and  taught  school  for  about 
eighteen  months,  and  then  opened  a  general  merchandise  sto*p  at  Middle- 
ton.  His  business  being  such  that  he  could,  without  detriment,  l°ave  it  in 
charge  of  others,  he  consented  to  become  a  candidate  for  the  House  in  1878 
and  was  elected.  In  1880  he  was  elected  a  member  of  the  State  Senate, 
and  took  a  prominent  part  in  the  proceedings  of  that  year.  As  a  legislator, 
he  is  active,  energetic  and  painstaking.  He  is  a  fluent  speaker  and  partici- 
pates frequently  in  the  debates;  he  is  a  hard  worker  and  guards  carefully 
the  interests  of  the  county  he  represents  and  the  State  at  large.  He  is  a 
IMason,  an  Odd  Fellow  and  a  Granger,  and  prominent  in  each.  He  lias 
been  twice  married,  the  first  time  in  1863  to  Miss  Emily  Hatrood,  of  Polk 
county,  who  died  in  186S.  He  afterwards,  ui  August,  187.5,  was  nuirried  to 
Miss  Hattie  E.  Olds,  of  Middleton,  their  family  consisting  of  five  chiu^ren- 


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HON.    ABNER    W.    WATERS, 

Oue  of  the  tlirfy  Senators  from  Multuomah  county,  was  born  iu  Ashtabula 
county,  Oliio,  November  30,  1833.  He  received  a  partial  academic  educa- 
tion, having  attended  the  academy  at  Mt.  Pleasant,  Iowa.  He  left  Ohio  in 
1844  and  settled  in  Warrick  county,  Indiana,  where  lie  resided  until  1847, 
when  lie  moved  to  Burliiij^ton,  Iowa,  residing  there  -dhoiat  thiee  years.  He 
came  to  Oregon  in  1H.50  and  settled  at  Harrisburg,  iu  Linn  county.  He 
took  lip  a  dotiiition  claim  and  resided  there  for  a  period  of  eighteen  years, 
during  which  time  he  was  engaged  in  merchandising  and  trading  in  real 
estate.  He  recruited  Company  F,  First  Regiment  Oregon  Volunteer  lu- 
fantrv,  and  served  as  its  Captain  three  years  during  the  civil  war.  While 
in  service  he  was  at  different  times  the  commanding  officer  at  Fort  Hoskins, 
Fort  Vancouver,  Fort  Walla  Walla  and  Fort  Lapwai.  In  1868  he  went  up 
into  Union  county,  and  for  several  years  engaged  in  stock-raising.  In  1874 
he  purchased  a  controlling  interest  in  the  Salem  "  Statesman,"  which  he 
managed  until  187(5,  when  he  was  appointed  United  States  Marshal,  which 
position  he  held  for  four  years,  [)roving  an  active  and  efficient  officer.  He 
was  married  in  Linn  county  to  Miss  Mary  A.  McCully,  who  afterwards  died, 
and  in  1866  he  was  married  to'Miss  Sarah  McCartney,  who  also  passed  away 
during  the  summer  of  1882.  He  is  a  iirominent  member  of  the  Masonic 
order  and  a  Knight  Templar;  he  also  belongs  to  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  A.  O. 
U.  W'.  and  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic.  He  was  elected  in  1880  to 
represent  Multnomah  county  in  the  State  Senate.  He  is  a  hard  worker, 
either  on  the  floor  or  in  the  committee  room.  His  personal  appearance  is 
attractive  and  his  voice  is  often  heard  iu  debate.  He  is  an  uncompromising 
Republican  and  is  considered  oue  of  the  shrewdest  politicians  in  the  State; 
he  is  genial  as  an  acquaintance,  faithful  as  a  friend  and  honored  as  a  citizen. 


HON.    ROBERT    OLOW 

Is  one  of  those  quiet,  unassuming,  intelligent  gentlemen  that  seldom  find 
their  way  into  parliamentary  assemblages,  except  as  lookers  on,  but  when 
once  they  do  get  there  in  a  representative  capacity,  devote  their  undivided 
attention  to  their  Avork  in  the  same  conscientious  manner  as  thougli  they 
were  dealing  in  matters  in  which  they  only  were  personally  interested.  In 
the  present  body  he  represents  Benton  and  Polk  counties.  In  politics  he 
is  a  staunch  Democrat  and  has  never  swerved  iu  his  allegiance  to  that  party. 
He  was  born  in  Berthshire,  Scotliind,  in  1837,  and  emigrated  with  his  parents 
to  Canada  in  18.52,  his  early  life  having  been  spent  on  a  farm.  He  left  home 
shortly  afterwards  ajid  lived  for  a  few  years  in  Iowa.  He  attended  school 
a  short  time  in  Scotland  and  about  three  months  in  Iowa,  which  is  all  the 
educational  advantages  he  had  save  those  secured  by  judicious  reading  and 
a  general  knowledge  obtained  by  intercoui-se  with  men  of  intelligence.  He 
came  to  Oregon  iu  1862  and  spent  the  first  year  in  Wasco  county,  going  to 
Idaho  in  1863,  where  he  spent  a  year  in  the  mines.  In  the  summer  of  1864 
he  was  appointed  chief  herJer,  and  in  fact  had  charge  of  the  reservation,  at 
Fort  Boise,  :iud  accompanied  the  United  States  troops  to  Camp  Warner, 
where  he  remained  for  about  three  years  as  wagon  and  forage  master.     He 


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settled  near  Dallas  in  1868,  where  he  has  resided  ever  since  and  followed 
the  avocation  of  a  fanner.  He  was  elected  a  member  of  the  House  in  1872 
and  in  1880  was  elected  as  joint  Senator  from  Benton  and  Polk  counties. 
He  served  for  a  number  of  years  as  officer  and  member  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees  of  the  La  Creole  Academy  and  has  ever  evinced  a  warm  interest 
in  educational  matters.  He  is  an  honored  member  of  the  Masonic  frater- 
nity, being-  a  Past  (xrand  Master  of  the  jurisdiction  of  Ore^'on.  He  wus 
married  in  Polk  county,  in  the  sprint?  of  1868,  to  Miss  Caroline  Sears,  their 
family  consisting  of  five  girls  and  two  boys.  Mr.  Clow  is  a  good-looking 
man,  of  ordinary  height,  but  heavy  set,  heavy  beard,  slightly  tinged  witli 
gray.  He  is  a  ready  speaker  and  commands  the  unqualihed  respect  of  all 
who  are  fortunate  enough  to  merit  his  actiuaintanceship. 


HON.  D.  W.  STEARNS, 
Who  represents  Douglas  county  in  the  Senate,  is  one  of  those  sedate, 
thoughtful  and  easy-going  kind  of  men  who  attain  prominence  because  of 
their  honesty  and  worth  in  the  commimity  in  which  they  reside.  He  is  a 
heavy,  thick-set  man  of  small  stature,  with  very  heavy,  black  whiskers,  a 
deep-set  eye  and  prominent  features.  His  voice  is  rarely  heard  in  debate, 
but  he  never  shirks  a  vote  and  it  is  generally  conceded  has  conscientiously 
endeavored  to  subserve  the  best  interests  of  the  county  he  represents.  He 
was  born  in  Chesterfield,  New  Hampshire,  in  1821,  and  lived  in  Chishire 
county  until  he  was  about  21  years  of  age.  Up  to  that  time  he  had  received 
but  the  ordinary  educational  advantages,  but  afterwards  attended  three 
terms  in  the  high  school.  Went  to  Massachusetts  in  18.43,  where  he  was 
engaged  in  the  mercantile  business  until  1849,  when  he  started  for  Cali- 
fornia. He  remained  in  the  mines  a  few  years,  returning  home  in  1852,  and 
came  to  Oregon  in  1854,  settling  in  Douglas  county,  where  he  has  resided 
ever  since.  He  was  engaged  in  the  mercantile  and  packing  business  until 
1857,  when  he  commenced  farming.  Was  in  the  mines  of  Idaho  Territory 
from  1860  to  1865.  Returning  to  Douglas  county  he  was  nominated  0:1  the 
Republican  ticket  in  1872  as  Representative,  suSering  defeat  with  the  bal- 
ance of  the  ticket.  Was  in  1874  elected  Representative  on  the  Independent 
ticket,  and  in  1880  elected  as  State  Senator.  He  was  formerly  a  Democrat, 
but  voted  for  Abraham  Lincoln,  and  has  since  been  a  Republican.  Was 
married  in  Belchertown,  Massachusetts,  on  January  3,  184(5,  to  Miss  Almira 
Fay,  their  family  at  present  consisting  of  five  sons. 

HON.    GEORGE   W-    OOLVIG, 

The  energetic  young  Senator  who  for  the  last  four  sessions  has  so  ably  rep- 
resented Douglas  county,  is  comparatively  a  young  man,  but  one  whose  ex- 
perience in  that  body  has  made  him  an  influential  and  vahial^le  member. 
He  was  born  in  Knoxville,  Missouri,  in  November,  l»-tS,  and  came  with  his 
parents  across  the  plains  in  1850.  Their  first  year  of  pioneer  life  was  si)ent 
in  Portland,  and  in  1851  they  moved  to  Douglas  county,  where  he  has  since 
resided.    He  helped  run  his  father's  farm  until  1865,  when  he  commenced 


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paddlinff  his  own  canoe.  In  1872  he  opened  a  drug  store  in  Canyonville, 
and  having  meanwhile  learned  to  manipulate  lightning,  has,  in  connection 
with  liis  drug  business,  been  the  manager  of  the  Western  Union  Telegraph 
Company's  office  at  that  place  for  years.  He  is  a  careful  business  manager 
and  has  succeeded  in  establishing  a  lucrative  trade  in  that  neighborhood. 
As  a  young  man  he  never  took  any  enthusiastic  part  in  politics.  Coming  of 
age,  he  interested  himself  only  as  a  good  citizen  should  who  has  his  coun- 
try's welfare  at  heart.  His  popularity  and  integrity,  however,  made  him 
the  most  available  man  to  nominate  for  State  Senator  in  1876,  and  he  was 
elected.  So  well  did  he  discharge  his  duties  as  a  legislator  that  he  was  re- 
elected in  1880.  As  a  member  of  that  honorable  body  he  is  active  and  en- 
ergetic His  voice  is  often  heard  in  debate  and  his  vote  is  generally  re- 
corded on  the  right  side  of  every  important  measure.  He  is  a  hard  worker 
in  the  committee  room  and  a  popular  member  among  his  colleagues.  He  is 
a  true-blue  Republican  and  stands  by  his  colors  through  thick  and  thin. 
He  is  an  honored  member  of  the  I.  O.  O.  F.  and  P.  G.  of  his  lodge.  He  was 
married  in  1872  to  Miss  Mary  C.  Dyer,  of  Canyonville,  and  is  the  father  of 
two  girls  and  a  boy.     His  standing  at  home  is  excelled  by  none. 


HON.    DUNHAM    WRIGHT- 

Whatever  of  praise  may  be  due  to  the  man  who  has,  with  the  advantages 
of  a  collegiate  educationjand  abundant  leisure  for  after  study,  risen  to  a 
position  of  honor  and  trust  among  his  fellow  men,  we  must  accord  a  greater 
meed  of  praise  to  the  young  man  who,  without  these  advantages,  has  strug- 
gled with  the  waves  of  adversity  and,  by  sheer  force  of  ambition  and  native 
integrity,  has  elevated  himself  into  a  position  of  honor  by  the  suffrages  of 
his  fellow  citizens.  The  former  is  entitled  to  commendation  for  the  ripened 
culture  of  the  mind,  while  on  the  latter  we  must  bestow  the  praise  dfce  to 
force  of  character  and  singleness  of  purpose.  The  Hon.  Dunham  Wright, 
who,  like  his  cousin,  the  lamented  Lincoln,  started  in  life  without  any  of 
these  advantages,  is  indebted  to  no  man  or  institution  for  the  mental  gifts 
which  he  possesses.  They  have  all  been  culled  from  the  practical  field  of 
every-day  life.  He  is  a  plain-spoken  man,  thoroughly  independent  and 
honest  in  his  dealings  with  his  fellow  man.  He  was  born  in  Des  Moines 
county,  Iowa,  and  when  but  a  child  his  father,  who  was  a  civil  engineer, 
moved  with  his  family  into  one  of  the  frontier  counties,  where  the  subject 
of  our  sketch  spent  his  younger  days,  deprived  even  of  the  advantages  of 
a  common  school  education.  His  education  was  received  at  a  mother's 
knee,  and  in  learning  to  write  he  was  compelled  to  use  a  bullet  hammered 
out  to  a  point  for  a  pencil  and  a  smooth  pine  board  for  a  slate.  Nothing 
daunted,  however,  he  took  advantage  of  what  was  offered  liim,  and,  by  per- 
severance, succeeded  in  conquering  those  elementary  branches  most  essen- 
tial in  every-day  contact  with  the  world.  He  went  to  Colorado  in  1862,  and 
spent  two  years  in  the  mines,  and  thence  to  Idaho  Territory,  where  he 
sought  for  gold  a  short  time  and  then  commenced  packing  between  the 
Boise  mines  and  Umatilla  landing.     In  1865  he  settled  in  the  Grand  Ronde 


EEPRESENTATIVE    MEN    OF    OREGON.  2;3 

Valley,  about  20  miles  from  Union,  where  he  has  resided  ever  since,  and 
has  been  engaged  in  farming  and  stock  raising  with  well  merited  success. 
His  energy,  integrity  and  business  capacity  excited  the  adminition  ot  his 
neighbors,  and  in  1872  they  elected  him  a  member  of  the  House  of  Repre- 
sentatives. His  course  in  that  body  secured  his  re-election  in  1874  and 
again  in  1876.  In  1880  he  was  elected  State  Senator,  and  is  now  serving 
the  last  half  of  his  term.  He  is  a  well  built  man,  of  ordinary  height,  auburn 
hair  and  whiskers,  broad  and  expansive  forehead  and  a  pleasant  eye.  He 
rarely  indulges  in  debate,  but  his  remarks  demand  attention  when  he  does 
address  the  Senate.  He  is  an  earnest  worker  and  takes  pride  in  l)eing 
present  whenever  the  Senate  is  in  session.  He  was  married  in  1807  to  Miss 
Mishy  Duncan,  of  the  Cove,  and  they  have  one  child.  We  confidently  ex- 
pect to  see  Mr.  Wright  returned  to  the  Senate  in  1H84,  as  he  stands  very 
high  among  his  Democratic  constituents  of  that  county. 


PLe"presentsiti"^es. 


HON.    GEORGE    W.    M'BRiDE. 

The  duties  of  Speaker  of  the  House  of  Eepresentatives  require  a  ready- 
sagacity,  a  correct  and  quick  judgment,  a  bold  independence  and  the  ca- 
pacity and  disposition  for  hard  work.  The  work  which  a  Speaker  must  do 
while  other  men  are  asleep  more  severely  tests  all  these  qualities  than  does 
the  public  duty  of  directing  the  daily  sessions  of  the  House.  In  the 
Speaker's  hand  rests  the  burden  of  committee  organization,  and  upon  his 
judgment  and  fairness  in  this  great  duty  hangs  the  controlling  force  of 
legislation;  and  in  the  duty  of  presiding,  every  hour  calls  for  intelligence, 
decision  and  good  common  sense.  Mr.  McBride  has  made  a  good  Speaker. 
"We  could  not  say  more  in  a  half  dozen  pages.  His  election  was  a  high  per- 
sonal compliment— honorable,  because  unsought;  exceptional,  because  of 
his  youth.  Solicited  by  opposing  factions,  he  stood  unallied  with  either. 
His  independence  challenged  the  admiration  of  both,  and  their  united  vote 
gave  him  the  place  of  responsibility  and  honor.  He  took  his  seat  supported 
by  the  confidence  and  good  opinion  of  both  parties,  and  at  the  end  of  the 
session  he  retired  from  it  with  the  warm  personal  friendship  of  every  mem- 
ber of  the  House.  All  commended  his  judgment,  all  api)lauded  his  faii'ness. 
Mr.  McBride  is  the  first  native  Oregouian  who  has  ever  filled  a  high  place 
in  the  official  service  of  the  State  and  tiie  youngest  man  who  ever  sat  in  the 
Speaker's  chair.  He  is  the  youngest  son  of  the  late  Dr.  James  McBride, 
and  was  born  in  Yamhill  county  in  March,  1854.  The  earlier  years  of  his 
school  life  were  passed  at  Lafayette,  in  Ya,mhill  county,  and  St.  Helens,  in 
Columbia  county,  w'here  he  now  lives.  Later  he  spent  one  year  in  the 
Willamette  University  at  Salem  and  two  years  in  Christian  College,  Mon- 
mouth, under  the  tuition  of  President  T.  F.  Campbell,  quitting  the  latter 
institution  a  year  before  graduation  on  account  of  poor  health,  which  a 
year  of  rest  from  severe  study  did  not  wholly  restore.  However,  he  entered 
the  law  office  of  Hon.  J.  C.  Moreland,  Portland,  as  a  student,  remaining 
three  years,  but  ill  health  again  prostrated  him.  For  two  years  he  was  an 
invalid — an  energetic  and  rebellious  one,  it  is  true,  but  a  constant  sufferer — 
and  upon  his  recovery  engaged  in  active  business,  abandoning  for  the  w^hile 
his  purpose  of  practicing  law,  for  which  he  was  thoroughly  disciplined  and 
qualified.  Mr,  McBride  has  continued  in  business  ever  since,  and  is  the 
principal  merchant  of  Columbia  county.  Land  owning  and  dealing  is  a 
passion  with  him,  and  his  landed  estates  in  Columbia  county  are  extensive. 
For  the  past  three  or  four  years  he  has  been  an  important  factor  in  the 
politics  of  his  county  and  of  the  State.  Columbia,  which  formerly  was  a 
solid  Democratic  stronghold,  has,  since  his  participation  in  its  afl'airs,  be- 
come surely  and  solidly  Republican,  and  last  June  rolled  up  something  more 


REPRESENTATIVE    MEN    OF    OREGON. 

than  a  handsome  majority.  Mr.  McBride  has,  with  the  exception  of  two 
years  spent  in  San  Francisco,  always  lived  in  Oregon,  and  he  always  exijects 
to.  Oregon  is  his  home  and  he  shows  the  Scotch  in  his  blood  in  his  love 
for  it.  Personally  he  is  a  "good  fellow  to  meet."  He  is  cordial,  but  not 
boisterous,  dignified  but  never  stiff.  He  is  always  well  mannered  and  well 
dressed,  and  though  having  a  decided  tendency  toward  student  life,  is  fond 
of  society  and  shines  in  it.  Some  may  be  interested  perhaps  in  the  fact 
that  he  knows  the  points  of  a  horse  and  is  a  dead  shot.  Mr.  McBride  is  not 
and  never  will  be  robust,  but  he  has  outlived  his  ill  hcaltli  and  is  a  pro- 
digious worker.  He  is  of  medium  height,  complexion  neither  decidedly  dark 
nor  fair,  has  blue-grey  eyes,  weighs  about  140  pounds,  and  wears  a  full, 
cropped  brown  beard.  He  only  lacks  the  appearance  of  perfect  vigor  to  be 
strikingly  handsome.     He  is  not  married. 


HON.    WILLIAM    H.    HARRIS. 

Among  the  silent  majority  of  the  House,  the  majority  upon  whom  the 
State  can  look  with  pride,  may  be  mentioned  with  unusual  praise  the  gen- 
tleman whose  name  heads  this  sketch.  He  is  a  representative  Oregonian,  a 
man  of  few  words,  honest  convictions  and  sterling  integrity.  Like  all  pio- 
neers on  this  coast  who  have  emerged  into  public  life,  Mr.  Harris  under- 
stands himself  thoroughly  and  dares  to  pursue  a  course  consistent  with  his 
ideas  of  right  in  the  face  of  any  and  all  prejudice,  whether  it  be  of  a  polit- 
ical or  personal  character.  He  was  born  in  Adams  county,  Illinois,  in  the 
year  1832.  He  received  the  advantages  of  a  good  common  school  education 
and  is  possessed  of  a  great  amount  of  hard,  practical  sense,  which  has  al- 
ways enabled  him  to  apply  it  to  the  best  advantage.  After  residing  iu  Illi- 
nois until  he  was  twenty  years  of  age,  Mr.  Harris  immigrated  to  Oregon  in  the 
year  18.52,  since  which  time  he  has  resided  in  the  city  of  Portland.  Mr. 
Harris  has  been  twice  elected  a  member  of  the  Legislature  of  Washington 
Territory,  and  was  also  elected  Clerk  of  Multnomah  county  in  the  year  1872. 
Having  held  office,  as  stated  before,  his  election  as  a  member  of  the  House 
of  Representatives  of  the  present  Legislative  Assembly  may  be  justly  traced 
to  his  uusulUed  reputation  and  his  large  circle  of  warm  personal  friends. 
In  person  Mr.  Harris  is  a  compactly-built  gentleman  of  medium  size,  hav- 
ing a  full  face  and  a  twinkling,  pleasant  eye.  Although  he  is  a  single  man, 
he  is  not  at  all  averse  to  the  sweet  links  of  matrimony,  and  when  the  proper 
young  lady  comes  along  we  expect  that  he  may  become  one  of  the  "blessed." 
He  is  at  present  engaged  in  the  ice  manufacturing  business,  being  the  se- 
nior partner  in  the  well-known  firm  of  Harris  &  Salmon.  In  politi''«  ^Fr 
Harris  is  a  staunch  Republican. 

HON.    JOHN    J.    WHITNEY. 

It  is  a  pleasure  to  write  of  men  in  high  places  whose  public-spii-itcd  gen- 
erosity and  acknowledged  manliness  recommend  them  to  our  favorable  con- 
sideration, but  it  would  be  far  more  preferable  if  we  enjoyed  a  larger  ac- 
quaintance with  the  accomplished  gentleman  Avhose  interesting  history  we 


26         REPRESENTATIVE  MEN  OF  OREGON. 

are  now  transmitting  in  brief  to  posterity.  The  United  States  is  prolific  of 
that  class  of  men  who,  with  ordinary  ambition,  fair  pluck  and  a  proper  de- 
gree of  perseverance  and  industry,  reach  the  top  of  the  ladder.  A  man  en- 
dowed with  these  simple  attributes  has  no  cause  to  complain  if  he  meets 
with  reverses  when  he  first  starts  out  in  life.  These  little  discomfitures  al- 
ways have  a  tendency  to  sharpen  the  intellect  and  urge  their  possessor  on 
to  renewed  exertion,  and  when  once  he  obeys  the  dictates  of  his  better  judg- 
ment, success  is  bound  to  crown  his  eiforts.  Many  people  reading  of  the 
achievements  of  others  waste  much  valuable  time  wondering  how  they  were 
secured,  while  if  they  would  only  jump  into  the  current  and  ride  with  it, 
without  troubling  themselves  too  much  about  other  people's  business,  they, 
too,  might  accomplish  something.  This  order  of  things  has  always  pre- 
vailed and  will  continue  to  the  end  of  the  world.  Forty-two  years  ago, 
away  back  in  Ohio,  the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born,  and  Uke  all  the  boys 
of  that  day  who  came  of  good  old  stock,  received  his  preparatory  education 
in  the  common  schools.  Being  blessed  by  nature  with  a  well-balanced 
head,  a  good  constitution  and  an  aptitude  for  learning,  he  soon  acquired  a 
general  knoM'ledge  of  things.  Full  of  energy  and  urged  on  by  a  disposition 
to  win,  he  applied  himself  to  the  study  of  the  law  and  entered  the  Albany 
law  school.  New  York,  and  in  the  year  1864  graduated  from  that  institution 
and  was  immediately  admitted  to  the  bar.  He  went  to  California  in  1864, 
staying  there  but  a  few  months,  when  he  came  through  to  Oregon,  locating 
in  the  Willamette  valley.  Like  many  another  young  lawyer,  finding  him- 
self in  a  strange  and  a  young  country,  he  turned  his  talents  to  good  account 
by  teaching  school  for  one  year,  and  then  in  the  fall  of  1867  went  to  Albany, 
where  he  commenced  the  practice  of  his  profession.  He  was  elected  Dis- 
trict Attorney  in  1874  and  again  in  1878.  He  held  the  office  of  County 
Judge  in  1870.  Since  his  retirement  from  public  office  he  has  been  prac- 
ticing law  in  Albany.  He  is  a  useful  member  of  the  Committees  on  Judi- 
ciary and  Elections,  and  in  poUtics  is  a  sterling  Democrat. 


HON.  ALLEiN  PARKER. 
It  often  happens  that  the  inquiring  student  of  biography,  when  delving 
among  the  musty  tombs  and  records  of  the  lives  of  distinguished  men,  is 
struck  with  the  number  of  those  who  have  commenced  their  life  career  on 
the  farm.  In  such  occupation  the  aspiring  mind  is  brought  face  to  face 
with  the  beauties  of  nature,  the  germs  of  after  greatness  very  often  unfold 
themselves  and  strike  deep  root  in  the  fertile  soil  of  ambition.  In  the 
present  legislature  more  than  one  member  can  trace  back  the  first  prompt- 
ings of  his  youthful  mind  to  the  happy  days  when  he  whistled  after  the 
plow  and  mimicked  the  shrill  pipe  of  the  blackbird  in  the  balmy  sunshine. 
Mr.  Parker  is  a  representative  farmer  and  business  man.  He  was  bom  in 
Ross  county,  Ohio,  in  the  year  1828.  He  remained  there  attending  school 
until  he  was  fifteen  years  of  age,  when  his  parents  removed  to  Iowa.  He 
lived  in  Iowa  until  1852,  on  a  farm,  when  he  came  to  Oregon,  locating  in 
Linn  county,   where  he   has    since    resided,    engaged   in  farming;  he  is 


EEPRESENTATIVE    MEN    OF    OREGON. 


also   proprietor  of  a  large  saw-mill  and  also  of  a  warehouse.     He    was 

elected  Sherifl"  i)f  Limi  county  in  1872,  and  be  was  elected  Mayor  of  Albany 
in  1876;  he  was  also  elected  Lock  Commissioner  of  Willamette  falls  by  the 
legislature  in  1876.  He  removed  to  Benton  county  in  1878,  and  1ms  lived 
there  ever  since,  being  engaged  in  the  saw-mill  business.  In  18HII  he  was 
elected  a  member  of  the  House  of  Representatives  from  tliat  county,  and 
was  returned  to  the  present  session.  Mr.  Parker,  therefore,  has  had  his 
share  of  political  glory,  he  has  left  an  nnta  nished  record,  and  lias  made  a 
]arge  number  of  staunch  and  admiring  friends.  In  18ri2  lie  was  married  to 
Miss  Julia  A.  Umplirey. 

HON.  A.  C.  WILBUR. 
There  is,  perhaps,  no  member  of  the  House  better  acquainted  with  the 
routine  of  legislative  business  than  Mr.  Wilbur.  In  his  youth  he  had  the 
advantage  of  a  liberal  college  education,  has  had  previous  experience  as  a 
member  of  the  legislature,  and  is,  therefore,  one  of  its  most  serviceable 
members.  He  is  a  quiet  gentleman  and  a  superior  counsellor,  but  is  either 
too  modest  or  lacking  in  confidence  sufficient  to  play  the  orator  or  logician 
before  the  multitude.  He  is  one  of  the  Representatives  from  old  Clacka- 
mas county,  which  constituency  he  also  represented  in  1880.  Mr.  Willnir 
was  born  in  New  York  in  the  year  1834,  received  the  common  school  train- 
ing of  tho.se  days,  and  finished  at  Jefferson  college,  in  Washington  county, 
Pennsylvania.  He  emigrated  to  Oregon  in  1870,  and  settled  in  Clackamas 
county,  where  he  has  since  remained.  Although  Mr.  Wilbur  has  always 
been  a  staunch  Republican,  he  is  by  no  means  an  extremist,  and  is  always 
willing  to  examine  any  measure  of  legislation  in  all  its  lights,  and  do  that 
which  is  best  for  the  jieople  of  the  entire  State.  Mr.  Wilbur  is  an  active 
member  of  committee  on  roads  and  highways, 

HON.  STEPHEN  P.  MOSS 
Was  born  in  Peoria,  111.,  in  1840,  and  is  now  42  vearsof  age.  He  is  the  Demo- 
cratic Representative  from  Lake  county,  and,  although  lie  is  one  of  the 
quiet  members  of  the  House,  every  important  measure  receives  his  earnest 
attention,  and,  if  meritorious,  his  v>-arm  support.  He  is  an  old  Oregonian, 
and  a  very  successful  farmer  and  stock-raiser,  well-known  among  the  agri- 
culturists of  the  entire  State.  He  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  his  native 
city,  Peoria,  until  the  age  of  twelve,  at  which  time  he  came  with  his  parents 
to  Oregon  and  settled  in  Linn  county,  where  he  remained  sixteen  years, 
engaged  in  farming.  In  1868  he  sold  out  his  farm,  settled  up  his  business 
affairs,  and  took  a  t'-ip  to  California,  where  he  remained  four  years,  during 
which  time  he  was  engaged  in  stock-raising.  After  the  expiriition  of  that 
period,  he  returned  to  Oregon  and  secured  a  fine  tract  of  land  in  Lake 
county,  and  engaged  in  raising  stock.  He  has  lived  there  ever  since,  and 
was  elected  in  the  year  1876  to  the  important  office  of  County  Commissioner. 
In  politics,  although  Mr.  Moss  is  not  a  bitter  partisan,  he  is  a  strong  adht^ 
rent  of  the  old  Jeffersonian  Democracy,  and  a  respected  member  of  i\w 
Democratic  party.     Mr.  Moss  was  married  in  1861  to  Miss  Sarah  E.  Rob- 


28         REPRESENTATIVE  MEN  OF  OREGON. 


nett,  who  died  in  the  year  1868;  he  was  married  in  1870  to  Miss  Margaret 
S.  Casteel.  He  was  a  member  of  committees  on  internal  improvements 
and  assessments. 


HON.    W.    A.    PERKINS. 

The  farming  element  is  well  represented  In  the  House  of  Representatives, 
and  it  is  highly  important  that  it  is  so.  Many  subjects  affecting  the  most 
vital  interests  of  our  agricultural  prosperity  have  been  grappled  with  in 
every  session  of  the  legislature,  and  this  great  branch  of  industry  should 
not  be  imperiled  by  sending  unreliable  or  incompetent  men  to  represent 
them.  The  feuce  law,  destruction  of  noxious  animals,  the  taxation  of  cul- 
tivated land  and  growing  crops,  the  construction  and  maintenance  of  coun- 
ty roads,  are  questions  that  the  farming  population  cannot  ignore  or  ne- 
glect. They  have  shown  that  they  appreciate  the  importance  of  these  ques- 
tions, and  the  necessity  of  properly  attending  to  them  by  sending  to  the 
State  Capitol  men  who  are  capable  of  grappling  with  the  issues  involved, 
and  honest  and  worthy  sons  of  the  soil.  Among  the  many  good  and  true 
representatives  of  the  agricultural  element  now  in  the  House,  although  not 
at  present  farming,  none  are  more  entitled  to  a  prominent  place  in  this 
volume  than  Hon.  W.  A.  Perkins,  one  of  the  representatives  from  Douglas. 
He  was  bom  in  east  Tennessee  in  the  year  IS'So,  went  with  his  parents  to 
Indiana  in  1844,  and  during  his  youth  received  the  common  school  advan- 
tages, and  afterwards,  by  hard  work  and  persistent  efibrt,  he  succeeded  in 
obtaining  a  first-class  English  education.  While  in  Indiana  he  followed 
the  profession  of  school  teaching,  and  did  some  farming.  In  1858  he  went 
to  Missouri,  and,  shortly  afterwards,  went  to  Kansas.  He  came  to  Oregon 
in  1875,  and  took  xxp  his  residence  in  Oakland,  Douglas  county,  where  he 
has  since  continued  to  live.  He  taught  school  there  for  about  two  years, 
and  afterwards  became  engaged  in  general  merchandising,  and  was  em- 
ployed as  telegraph  operator  at  Drain  station.  At  the  present  time  he  is 
the  agent  at  Roseburg  for  the  California  and  Oregon  Railway  Company. 
He  was  married  to  Miss  R.  J.  McReynolds  in  1853.  Mr.  Perkins  has  taken 
a  strong  interest  in  the  great  questions  of  woman  suffrage  and  temperance, 
and  used  all  his  personal  exertions  and  his  influence  in  their  earnest  advo- 
cacy. Mr.  Perkins  was  elected  and  served  as  Justice  of  the  Peace  a  number 
of  terms  in  the  States  of  Iowa,  Kansas  and  Oregon. 

HON.    WM.    H.    H.    DUFUR. 

Dean  Swift,  that  grand  old  cynic,  spoke  many  a  splendid  truth,  but  none 
more  pertinent  than  his  aphorism  that  "  it  is  an  incontroverted  truth  that 
no  man  ever  made  an  ill  figure  who  understood  his  own  talents,  nor  a  good 
one  who  mistook  them."  The  subject  of  this  biography  will  never  make  an 
ill  figure.  He  is  a  representative  of  the  young  men  of  Oregon,  and,  at  the 
age  of  twenty-eight,  represents  in  our  legislative  halls  one  of  the  very  finest 
constituencies  in  the  State,  in  Wasco  county,  where  he  was  elected  almost 
without  opposition.  Mr.  Dufur  is  the  youngest  son  of  Hon.  A.  J.  Dnfur, 
who  has  been  repeatedly  honored  by  his  felhjw  Democrats,  and  by  the  en- 


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tire  people  of  the  State,  having  been  commissioner  to  the  Great  Centennial 
at  Philadelphia  in  1S7(5,  and  a  representative  tu  the  le^'islatnre  from  Mnltno- 
mah  county  in  18(52;  he  is  also  a  brotbei-  of  Hon.  E.  B.  i:)ufnr,  who  repre- 
sented Wasco  county  in  '74.  Young  William  was  born  in  Willianistown, 
Vermont,  February  22,  1854,  and  came  to  Oregon  with  his  parents  at  tlie 
age  of  six.  He  received  his  preparatory  education  in  the  common  schools, 
afterwards  entering  Portland  Academy,  and  tinishing  at  the  High  ScIuk.I 
in  1878.  He  was  a  membei-  of  the  county  and  State  conventions  this  year, 
and  in  those  bodies,  altbough  a  retiring  and  thoughtful  member,  whenever  he 
gave  his  opinion,  it  was  listened  to  with  marked  attenticm  and  generally  acted 
on.  In  the  year  1S76,  on  the  16th  of  .July,  he  was  married  to  a  most  esti- 
mable young  lady.  Miss  May  L.  Alexander.  Although  Mr.  Dufur  comes 
from  a  strongly  Democratic  family,  of  the  old  school,  yet  he  is  an  ardent  Re- 
publican. He  follows  the  free  and  manly  business  of  farming  and  stock 
raising. 


HON.  WILLIAM  MORRAS- 
This  gentleman  is  a  valuable  member  of  the  present  House.  It  is  pleasing 
to  note,  in  these  days  of  wholesale  extravagance,  a  disposition  on  the  part 
of  the  people  to  return  to  the  economical  and  home-like  practices  and 
habits  of  our  forefathers;  and  we  can  only  tell  the  sentiment  of  the  people 
in  this  important  particular  through  the  representative  men  they  send  to 
the  halls  of  legislation  to  make  their  laws.  How  long  since — in  fact,  a  very 
short  time  is  it,  when  a  man  who  was  known  to  be  an  open,  avowed  cham- 
pion of  retrenchment  could  succeed  in  an  election  if  he  wished  to  go  to  the 
Legislature  ?  Mr.  Morras  is  one  of  the  men  who  has  been  exceedingly 
cautious  in  the  matter  of  appropriating  the  people's  money,  and  has  taken 
the  time  and  performed  the  amount  of  work  necessary  in  an  investigation 
of  all  such  measures,  and  he  has  always  taken  a  decided  stand  for  apjiro- 
priating  the  amount  of  money  actually  required  and  not  a  dollar  more.  If 
others  were  to  pursi;e  the  same  line  of  policy,  and  be  as  careful  of  the 
State's  money  as  they  are  of  their  own,  it  would  work  great  benefit  to  the 
.'■eople.  Mr.  Morras  is  a  plain  man,  not  in  appearance,  but  in  language; 
,  Jienever  he  takes  the  floor  to  discuss  the  merits  of  a  bill,  what  he  says  is 
^uort,  plain  and  to  the  point,  and  he  does  not  give  up  the  subject  till  either 
he  understands  it  or  makes  others  understand  him,  according  to  the  re- 
liuirements  of  the  case.  He  was  born  in  Durham  county,  England,  in  the 
year  1828,  and  completed  his  education  in  the  high  school  of  that  place. 
During  his  youth  he  remained  at  home  on  the  farm,  but  afterwards  became 
a  surveyor,  which  bxisiness  he  followed  for  a  number  t)f  years.  The  youth 
then  emigrated  to  free  xlmerica,  and  pitched  his  tent  in  the  beautiful  county 
of  Fayette,  in  the  wilds  of  Iowa,  in  the  year  18.jO,  where  he  enjoyed  all  the 
prerogatives  of  the  independent  farmer  for  tiiree-and-twenty  years.  Dur- 
ing that  time  his  fellow  citizens  cast  about  them  for  a  suitable  person  to 
represent  them  in  the  county  Board  of  Supervisors,  and  fixing  their  eyes 
u  the  youthful  William,  forthwith  elected  him  a  member  of  that  respect- 
ble  body,  in  which  he  served  two  years.      Hearing  that  Oregon  was  a 


3()  REPRESENTATIVE    MEN    OF    OREGON. 

fine  agricultural  country,  and  one  which  presented  unusual  advan- 
tafjes  to  the  industrious  and  honest  Avorker,  he  took  a  tlying  trip  here  in  tJie 
year  1870  to  see  for  himself.  As  soon  as  his  practical  eye  rested  on  the  soil 
of  our  youiifi-  State,  with  its  varied  capabilities,  he  was  captivated,  and,  fly- 
mg  back  to  Iowa,  returned  with  his  family  in  1872,  and  planted  himself  in 
Coos  county,  where  he  has  since  g-rowu  and  flourished.  There  he  has  served 
one  term  as  a  Commissioner  of  the  County  Court;  he  was  elected  as  a  rep- 
resentative in  the  House  of  188(1,  and  returned  this  session.  He  is  a  good 
parliamentarian,  and  his  previous  experience,  added  to  this  fact,  has  made 
him  one  of  the  foremost  members  of  the  House.  He  was  married  in  1851 
to  Miss  Elizabeth  Jaques. 

HON.    ROBERT    M.    VEATCH, 

One  of  the  Representatives  from  Lane  county,  is  a  Democratic  member  of 
wi  om  his  party  and  his  constituency  can  feel  justly  proud.  He  is  a  quiet, 
uniissumiug  gentleman,  of  medium  size,  with  an  intelligent  and  thoughtful 
face,  and  a  wiry  and  well-proportioned  figure.  He  does  not  take  the  floor 
for  discussion  very  frequently,  but  when  he  does  do  so,  it  is  after  a  careful 
study  of  the  measure  in  all  its  bearings,  and  with  a  view  to  explain,  as  he 
understands  them,  to  the  House.  He  has  been  a  school  teacher  for  a  num- 
ber of  years,  and  every  measure  which  has  been  proposed  affecting  the  edu- 
cational interests  has  received  his  earnest  attention,  and  if  the  measure  has 
been  deemed  by  him  a  beneficial  one,  he  has  used  every  endeavor  to  effect 
its  passage.  He  was  born  in  White  county,  Illinois,  in  1848,  and  when 
four  years  old  went  with  his  parents  to  5owa,  where  he  attended  the  dis- 
trict schools  until  he  was  fifteen  years  of  age.  He  then  went  to  southern 
Missouri,  where  he  remained  four  years  working  OjI  a  farm.  At  the  break- 
ing out  of  the  rebellion  he  went  to  Iowa,  but  soon  returned  to  Illinois,  and 
in  the  spring  of  1864,  came  to  California,  journeying  across  the  plains.  In 
1865  he  came  to  Oregon,  locating  in  Lake  county,  from  which  place  he  went 
to  Salem  and  attended  the  State  University  for  one  year.  Taking  a  great 
interest  in  the  cultivation  of  the  soil,  he  attended  the  agricultural  college 
at  Corvallis  for  two  years,  from  which,  .iii.^titulion  he  graduated.  Mr. 
Veatcli  then  engaged  in  the  i'.-)t'es8ion  of  sc1k)o1  teaching,  and  was  engaged 
at  Cottage  Grove  five  years  and  at  Eugene  City  one  year.  He  found  that 
teaching  was  wearing  upon  his  constitution,  by  reason  of  the  confinement 
in  doors,  and,  regretfully,  he  was  forced  to  leave  the  school  room;  but,  be- 
ing a  scientific  as  well  as  a  practical  farmer,  he  at  once  turned  his  attention 
to  soil  culture,  and  wc  hope  to  see  him  within  a  short  time  the  "  robust 
tiller  of  the  soil."  Mr.  Veatch  was  the  choice  of  the  Democrats  for  the  leg- 
islature from  Lane  county  in  1872,  and  he  was  at  tliat  time  beaten  by  only 
seven  votes.     He  was  married  in  1871  to  Miss  Suipliina  Currin. 

HON     JOHN    A.    HUNT. 
Representative  Hunt,  of  Douglas,  is  one  of  those  men  whose  life  if  writ- 
ten out  would  fill  a  volume  with  interesting  reading  matter.     He  was  born 
in  Union  county,  Indiana,  in  the  year  1886.     His  father  was  a  tradesman, 


KEPEESENTATIVE  MEN  OF  OREGON.         31 


and  carried  ou  an  extensive  business  in  the  manufacture  of  wayons  and 
carriages  in  the  town  of  Liberty,  and  during  iiia  youth  young  John  divided 
iais  time  between  the  district  school  and  his  father's  estabhshmeut,  obtain- 
ing a  fair  amount  of  schooling  and  a  practical  knowleilge  of  his  trade.  In 
1847  he  removed  to  Oregon  and  settled  in  Marion  county,  ten  miles  east  of 
Salem.  In  that  early  day,  when  the  country  was  comparatively  unin- 
habited, and  when  the  pioneer  had  to  endure  untold  privations,  young  Hunt 
displayed  an  undaunted  front  and  tenacity  of  purpose.  Like  thousands  of 
others,  he  was  attracted  by  the  glitter  of  the  California  gold  mines,  and  he 
went  thither  and  spent  some  time  in  the  northern  portion  of  that  State 
mining  for  the  precious  metal.  His  health  becoming  impaired,  he  was 
finally  compelled  to  leave  the  mines,  when  he  went  to  Washington  Terri- 
tory, and  located  a  very  desirable  farm,  but  not  being  able  to  com|)ly  with 
the  provisions  of  the  pre-emption  law,  he  gave  up  the  farm  and  went  to 
Portland,  where  he  remained  two  years,  and  during  which  time  he  cast  his 
first  ballot  for  Abraham  Lincoln.  Some  of  his  friends,  who  were  possessed 
of  more  imaginary  fear  for  the  country  than  they  were  interested  in  the 
triumph  of  principle,  inquired  of  Mr.  Hunt  why  he  voted  for  a  Republican, 
which  would  certainly  precipitate  a  war.  He  answered,  "  If  that  is  tlie  de- 
mand of  the  slave  power — universal  slavery  or  the  dissolution  of  this  union 
— here  is  one  for  Abraham  Lincoln  and  universal  freedom."  And  his  answer 
was  that  of  the  true  patriot.  His  early  impression  of  government  was,  tJiat 
in  a  republic  subjects  could  not  be  half  bond,  half  free;  and  that  its  perma- 
nency and  perpetuation  depended  upon  the  wisdom  and  virtue  of  its  sub- 
jects; consequently  his  vote  and  political  ambition  has  been  to  leave  our 
church.  State  and  government  in  better  condition  than  that  in  which  he 
found  them.  The  climate  of  Salem  not  appearing  to  suit  Mr.  Hunt's  con- 
stitution, he  removed  to  Southern  Oregon,  where,  up  to  the  time  of  his 
election,  he  has  been  operating  a  farm  and  grist  mill.  He  was  married  in 
Autmst,  1860,  to  Miss  Ellen  Amen. 


HON.    WM.    P.    CURTIS, 

One  of  the  Representatives  from  Baker  county,  is  an  exceedingly  good- 
natured  and  pleasant  little  gentleman  of  sixty  summers.  He  is  hale  and 
hearty,  with  a  well-proportioned  figure,  an  elastic  step,  and  a  peculiarly 
bright  eye,  and  so  far  as  general  appearance  is  concerned,  looks  much 
younger  than  his  years.  His  has  been  a  varied  experience,  and  in  the  course 
of  his  eventful  life  he  has  had  his  share  of  its  joys  and  sorrows.  Born  in 
Owen  county,  old  Kentiicky,  in  the  year  1822,  in  the  days  when  the  village 
master  taught  his  little  school  in  a  log  cabin,  young  William  had  an  oppor- 
tunity of  daily  interviewing  the  grim  instructor  of  the  youthful  mind  until 
the  advanced  age  of  ten  years.  He  was  then  apprenticed  to  a  hatter,  and 
with  that  dignitary  remained  until  he  was  master  of  the  business.  He 
worked  for  some  time  at  his  trade,  and  went  into  the  general  merchandise 
business  in  Monterey,  in  the  same  county.  Hearing  of  the  great  gold  dis- 
coveries in  California,  he  settled  up  his  business  affairs  and  set  out  for  the 


32  EEPRESENTATIVE    MEN    OF    OREGON. 


land  of  promise.  The  trip  across  the  plains  was  a  long  and  tedious  one, 
and,  after  a  five  months'  journey,  Mr.  Curtis  had  the  pleasure  of  entering 
the  historic  place  called '-Hangtown"  or  Placer^nlle,  in  El  Dorado  county. 
From  there  he  went  to  Placer  county  and  remained  two  years,  and  in  1854 
went  north  to  Yreka.  He  remained  but  one  year  in  his  new  abode  and 
then  returned  to  Placer  county,  where  he  engaged  in  mining  and  stock- 
raising,  in  the  meantime  being  elected  to  the  office  of  Justice  of  the  Peace. 
In  those  days  the  Justice  was  the  oracle  in  the  mining  camp,  and  a  man 
was  never  selected  to  fill  that  office  unless  he  was  possessed  of  character, 
sense  and  nerve;  he  was  the  arbiter  of  all  differences  and  the  advisor  in  all 
important  matters.  Mr.  Ctu-tis  came  to  Oregon  in  1864,  locating  in  Canyon 
City,  where  he  remained  but  one  year;  we  next  find  him  in  a  -small  min- 
ing camp  called  Clarkesville,  in  Baker  county,  where  at  last  have  his 
wanderings  ceased  and  his  spirit,  as  it  were,  found  rest,  and  we  find  him 
representing  tliat  county  in  the  Legislature  of  1878,  as  well  as  in  the  present 
body.  In  1872  he  was  elected  Justice  of  the  Peace  there,  and  has  been 
since  re-elected  twice.  As  an  instance  of  his  popularity,  let  it  be  said  that 
the  session  of  the  Legislature  of  1878  had  no  sooner  closed,  than  he  was 
once  more  made  a  Justice,  which  office  he  held  until  elected  a  member  of 
the  House  in  1882.  He  is  a  frank,  plain,  open-hearted  little  man,  and  has 
hosts  of  personal  friends.  He  was  married  in  California  in  1858  to  Mrs. 
Margaret  House,  who  died  in  1863,  and  he  has  since  been  a  widower. 


HON.  STEWART  B.  EAKIN,  JR„ 
Is  the  only  Republican  who  represents  Lane  county  on  the  floor  of  the 
House.  As  he  comes  from  a  strongly  Democratic  county,  he  certainly  owes 
his  election  to  a  host  of  good  and  true  friends.  Mr.  Eakin  is  a  very  pleas- 
ant-looking gentleman,  of  affable  manners  and  accommodating  habits;  in 
fact,  one  of  those  men  whom  no  one  would  hesitate  to  approach  for  any 
necessary  information  regarding  a  subject  of  which  he  himself  was  igno- 
rant. He  is,  in  every  particular,  a  self-made  man,  and,  like  others  of  the 
same  type,  he  looms  up  grandly  to  the  front,  not  by  virtue  of  accident  or 
good  luck,  but  entirely  owing  to  the  fact  that  he  is  an  assiduous  worker,  a 
man  of  push,  and  not  easily  daitnted  by  defeat.  He  was  born  in  Elgin, 
Kane  county,  Illinois,  on  the  28th  of  August,  1846,  and  with  his  parents 
moved  to  Bloom,  Cook  county.  111.,  when  eight  years  of  age.  He  remained 
there  until  1866,  when  he  came  "  the  plains  across"  with  mule  teams,  the 
trip  requiring  four  months  and  two  days,  to  Eugene  City,  Lane  county, 
Oregon,  the  place  of  his  present  residence.  Mr.  Eakin  has  been  in  public 
life  a  great  deal,  and  has  left  that  indelible  mark  upon  the  record  of  being 
one  of  the  men  who  "  have  been  tried  and  found  to  be  true."  He  was 
elected  to  the  office  of  Sheriff"  of  Lane  county  in  the  year  1874,  and,  as  a 
reward  for  his  faithfvd  services,  he  was  re-elected  twice,  in  the  years  1876 
and  1878,  holding  that  responsible  position  for  the  tenn  of  six  years.  Dur- 
ing that  ijeriod  Mr.  Eakin  had  numbers  of  our  very  hardest  and  most  un- 
scrupulous criminals  to  deal  with,  and  was  very  frequently  placed  in  a 
IX)sition  where  it  required  all  his  great  nerve  and  cool  headed  judgment  and 


EEPKESENTATIVE  MEN  OF  OREGON.         33 

physical  strength  to  extricate  himself  without  receiving  any  great  personal 
injury.  During  the  present  exciting  senatorial  election,  Hon.  Stewart  B. 
Eakin  has  maintained  an  uneqiiivocal  position,  having  been  one  of  the 
very  staunchest  and  most  valuable  supporters  of  Hon.  John  H.  Mitchell. 
He  was  married  in  1671  to  Miss  E.  J.  Hadley,  and  that  their  life  may  be  as 
blissful  in  the  future  as  it  has  been  in  the  past,  is  the  heart-felt  wish  of  him 
•who  writes  these  few  lines. 


HON.    RICHARD    B.    HAYES- 

In  the  tempestuous  legislation  which  has  characterized  the  present  ses- 
sion, none  have  pursued  a  more  consistent  and  calm,  straightforward  course 
than  Mr.  Hayes.  He  has  ever  kept  the  true  interests  of  the  State  in  view, 
and  directed  his  every  effort  to  accomplish  the  greatest  good  for  the  great- 
est number.  In  this  he  has  been  eminently  successful,  and  he  deserves  the 
highest  credit  for  the  ability  he  has  displayed  and  the  honesty  of  purpose 
permeating  his  efforts.  He  represents  Lane  county,  and  is  eminently  qual- 
ified to  advocate  the  views  of  the  class  of  people  who  form  the  majority  of 
the  citizens  of  that  section.  He  is  engaged  in  stock-raising  and  farming 
and  brings  to  the  House  that  free,  breezy  disposition  so  characteristic  of 
'*  the  men  of  the  hills."  He  is  one  of  those  true  lovers  of  humanity  who 
believes  in  the  integrity  of  man,  and  who,  while  exercising  a  certain  amount 
of  cool  judgment  in  estimating  the  efforts  of  those  who  come  in  contact 
with  him,  does  not  regard  his  every  day  companions  with  the  suspicion 
that  some  men  are  too  prone  to  harbor  against  those  with  whom  they  have 
dealings.  He  was  born  in  Warren  county,  Tennessee,  in  1831,  and  went 
with  liis  parents  to  Missouri  in  1839.  During  his  boyhood  he  received  the 
benefits  of  a  common  school  education.  Like  thousands  of  others,  actuated 
by  a  desire  to  dig  for  gold,  he  went  to  California,  the  "  plains  across"  in 
1850.  He  came  to  Oregon  in  1852  and  located  on  a  farm  in  Lane  county, 
where  he  has  since  remained.  Mr.  Hayes  was  honored  by  his  fellow  Demo- 
crats in  1871  by  being  elected  a  Representative  to  the  Legislature,  and  he 
was  re-elected  in  1876.  He  was  married  in  Lane  county  in  1858  to  Miss 
Lucy  Brown — that  was  also  the  maiden  name  of*  the  wife  of  our  esteemed 
ex-president— so  Mr.  Hayes  and  his  good  wife,  both  before  and  after  mar- 
riage, were  the  exact  namesakes  of  the  general  and  his  wife.  Mr.  Hayes 
did  good  service  during  the  Rogue  river  war  as  a  scout,  having  served 
under  Colonel  Chapman  and  under  Colonel  Martin  in  1855  and  1856, 


HON.    HIRAM    P.    WEBB. 

Mr.  Webb  is  one  of  those  positive  men  who,  like  Davy  Crockett,  is  first 
sure  he  is  right,  and  then  "  goes  ahead."  He  seldom  makes  a  mistake,  re- 
lying, as  he  does,  on  the  dictates  of  his  good  jutlgment.  He  is  a  man  who 
views  every  qiiestion  in  its  various  bearings,  and  acts  coolly,  almost  apa- 
thetically, apparently,  in  everything  he  undertakes.  He  occasionally  expresses 
himself  on  questions  before  the  House,  but  he  is,  by  no  means,  a  lover  of 
^ong-winded  speeches,  and  was  the  staunch  advocate  of  the  five-minute  rule, 


;M  representative    MEN    OF    OREGON. 


believing  that  brevity  is  the  soul  of  wit,  and  that  a  man  who  can  condense 
his  thoughts  into  a  succinct  and  concise  statement  will  produce  the  most 
lasting  effect  upon  his  hearers.  He  is  a  medium-sized,  full-bearded  gentle- 
man, with  a  clear  eye,  and  a  kind  expression.  He  represents  Douglas  county 
and  deserves  the  highest  credit  from  his  constituents  for  the  able  manner 
in  which  he  advocates  their  interests.  Mr.  Webb  has  seen  a  great  deal  of 
public  life,  and  understands  particularly  well  the  affairs  of  county  govern- 
ment, having  held  the  position  of  County  Treasurer  in  Nebraska  for  eight 
years,  and  ever  since  he  has  taken  his  seat  in  the  House,  he  has  watched 
with  eagle  eye  every  bill  that  took  money  from  the  county  treasury,  and  he 
has  on  many  occasions  given  most  satisfactory  and  important  information 
on  the  condition  of  county  affairs,  particularly  the  cash-box.  Hiram  was 
born  in  Sangamon  county,  Illinois,  Mar-"!!  14,  1842,  and  after  receiving  his 
preparatory  education  in  the  common  schools  of  his  native  State,  he  en- 
tered North  Sangamon  Academy  at  the  age  of  eighteen,  remaining  there 
three  years,  after  which  he  went  to  the  State  University  at  Bloomington 
Indiana,  from  wliich  he  graduated  in  186.5.  After  completing  his  college 
course  he  went  home  and  taught  school  the  following  winter,  and  the  fol- 
lowing year  he  studied  law,  and  completed  the  regular  law  course  of  the 
State  University  in  1867.  In  1868  he  went  to  Beatrice,  Nebraska,  where  he 
resided  for  ten  years,  practicing  his  {)rofession  for  a  time,  then  being  ap- 
pointed clerk  of  the  district  court  and  afterwards  for  four  consecutive  terms 
was  elected  county  treasurer.  In  1S78  he  immigrated  to  Canyonville,  Doug- 
las county,  where  he  has  since  resided,haviug  been  engaged  in  teaching  school 
and  the  practice  of  law.  He  was  elected  as  a  member  of  the  present  House 
by  a  large  majority,  where  his  previous  experience  has  served  him  in  good 
stead,  and  made  him  one  of  the  most  efficient  workers.  He  Avas  married 
October  21, 1873,  to  Miss  Jennette  Maxfield. 


HON.    ROBERT    J.    SHARP. 

This  gentleman  is  eminently  a  self-made  man.  His  t  ntire  career  has  dis- 
played a  force  of  character  and  indomitable  energy,  which  in  the  long  run 
never  fails  to  land  the  possessor  of  these  qualities  on  top.  He  represents 
Clackamas  county,  and  although  not  a  frequent  speech-maker,  is  a  hard 
worker  and  is  ably  representing  the  interests  of  his  section,  while  devoting 
'lis  native  energy  and  talent  to  the  interests  of  the  whole  State.  Mr.  Sharp 
l;>elongs  to  the  positive  school  of  legislators,  and  whatever  he  advocates  may 
be  depended  upon  as  the  honest  convictions  of  the  man— a  rough  and  ready 
quality  undoubtedly  acquired  through  a  varied  experience  with  the  world 
and  the  necessity  of  earning  everything  he  possesses.  He  was  born  in  Bur- 
lingtoD,  Iowa,  March  10,  1844,  and  went  with  his  parents  to  Henry  county 
in  1848,  in  which  year  his  father  died.  He  attended  school  for  a  few  years 
and  afterwards  learned  the  carpenter's  trade.  At  the  breaking  out  of  the 
war  young  Robert,  who  was  then  only  seventeen  years  of  age,  and  whose 
forefathers  had  all  fought  for  their  country,  imbued  with  that  spirit  of 
daring  and  patriotism  which  is  so  characteristic  of  the  American  lad,  en- 
listed in  Company  G,  11th  Iowa  Infantry,  under  Capt.  Samuel  McFarland, 


EEPKESENTATIVE  MEN  OF  OREGON.         35 

He  fought  during  the  entire  war,  and  was  tinder  Generals  Halleek  and 
Grant  at  the  battles  of  Shiloh,  Siege  of  Corinth  and  the  ViekHbiirg  cam- 
paign in  18G8,  and  in  1864  he  served  under  Sherman  in  the  Atlanta  cam- 
paign, and  accompanied  that  gallant  General  on  his  march  to  the  wea;  he 
also  fought  in  the  campaign  of  the  Carolinas.  He  was  mustered  out  of  ser- 
vice at  Louisville,  Kentuckj',  and  retxirned  to  Iowa,  wliere  he  attended 
school  for  one  year;  then  he  removed  to  Kansas  in  ,186(5,  where  he  remained 
eight  years.  While  in  Kansas  the  Indian  war  broke  out,  and  young  Sliarp 
immediately  fell  into  line  and  fought  it  out  with  Custer.  He  came  to  Ore- 
gon in  1874  and  settled  in  Clackamas  county,  Avhere  he  still  resides,  engaged 
in  farming.  Mr.  Sharp  was  a  member  of  the  last  Legislature  and  while  a 
member  of  the  House  made  a  good  record.  He  was  married  in  1869  to  Miss 
Phoebe  Freeman. 

HON.    ALBERT    H.    TANNER. 

'■  Pitch  thy  behavior  low,  thy  projects  high. 
So  shalt  tliou  humble  and  maf^nanimous  be. 
Sink  not  in  spirit,  who  aimeth  at  the  sky 
Shoots  higher  much  than  he  that  means  a  tree." 

—[Geo.  Herbert. 

These  are  golden  words  and  should  be  impressed  upon  the  tablets  of 
every  younc  American's  memory  in  imperishable  letters.  Tlie  subject  of 
this  brief  notice  knew  the  wisdom  contained  in  them  at  an  early  age,  and,  it 
seems,  wasted  very  little  ,of  his  time.  He  was  born  on  the  bank  of  the 
Columbia  river,  near  Portland,  in  1855.  During  his  early  years  he  attended 
the  public  schools  of  Yamhill  county,  and  having  completed  his  preparatory 
studies,  entered  the  Monmouth  Christian  college  at  the  age  of  sixteen  years, 
from  which  institution  he  graduated  in  1874,  sharing  the  highest  gradu- 
ating honors.  His  inclination  was  for  the  law;  so  he  entered  on  liis  legal 
studies  in  the  office  of  the  eminent  attorneys  Dolph,  Bronaugh,  Dolpli  & 
Simon,  and  pursued  them  so  assiduously  that  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
in  1879  at  the  age  of  twenty-four.  Mr.  Tanner  is  at  present  a  practicing  at- 
torney in  the  city  of  Portland,  Multnomah  county,  which  constituency  he 
represents  in  the  House.  He  jjossesses  a,  magnificent-speaking  voice,  his 
elocution  is  deliberate  and  impressive,  and  when  experience  shall  have  in- 
spired him  with  greater  confidence  in  his  own  powers,  he  will  use  it  to  some 
effect  in  the  political  world;  although  at  the  present  time  Mr.  Tanni^r  is 
only  twenty-seven  years  of  age,  he  is  recognized  as  one  of  the  ablest  mem- 
bers in  the  House,  and  when  he  takes  the  Hoor  to  discuss  the  merits  of  a 
measure,  every  word  that  he  utters  is  listened  to  with  marked  attention ;  he 
is  the  youngest  member,  and  as  a  just  recognition  of  his  legal  ability,  has 
been  appointed  to  fill  the  responsible  position  of  Chiiirman  of  the  Judiciary 
Committee.  On  the  25th  of  October,  1880,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Sarah 
M.  Kelly,  daughter  of  Hon.  John  Kelly,  ex-Collector  of  Customs.  Mr. 
Tanner's  success  in  life  is  essentially  that  of  his  own  making,  being  pos- 
sessed of  those  great  and  high  attributes  which  inspire  confidence  and 
which  command  respect.  In  the  near  future  he  will  occupy  one  of  the  very 
foremost  positions  as  a  party  lead^^r  and  will  bring  to  that  cause  which  he 
espouses  great  strength  and  wise  counsels.     In  politics,  Mr.  Tanner  is  a 


36  REPRESENTATIVE    MEN    OF    OREGON. 


pure  Republican,  and  since  his  election  has  labored  incessantly  to  promote 
harmony  and  good  will,  and  is  favorably  regarded  by  his  brother  Repre- 
sentatives. 

HON     FRANCIS    M.    KIZER 

The  Democracy  has  reason  to  be  i^rond  of  its  )•<  presentatives  now  in  the 
Legislature.  As  a  minority  it  makes  a  respectalde  showing  of  respectable 
men  who  were  elected  in  many  instances  from  counties  boasting  a  Repub- 
lican majority;  it  speaks  well  for  the  personal  worth  and  popularity  of  such 
men  when  elevated  to  high- positions  of  honor  and  trust  by  the  people,  not 
because  of  party  affiliations,  not  because  of  wealth  or  position,  but  because 
of  their  own  sterling  worth.  Stability  of  character  and  practical  push  are 
what  are  needed  as  the  prime  elements  in  the  character  of  the  successful 
man ;  withoiit  these  the  graces  of  nature,  the  adornments  of  art,  and  that 
luster  and  polish  which  editcation  gives  are  so  much  dead  weight  in  the  race 
of  life.  The  gentleman  whose  name  is  mentioned  above  is  one  of  the  old, 
practical,  substantial  type  of  the  country  farmer  and  stock-raiser.  He  was 
born  in  Cedar  county,  Iowa,  forty-four  years  ago,  and  adheres  to  the 
principles  of  true  Democracy,  which  were  instilled  into  his  veins  in  early 
boyhood,  beneath  the  blue  skies  of  his  native  home.  He  was  educated  in 
the  common  schools  of  his  western  home,  and  came  to  far-oflt'  Oregon  in  the 
year  1853,  locating  in  Linn  county,  where  he  has  since  resided.  He  has 
been  identified  with  the  farming  interests,  and  this  is  his  first  experience  in 
politics.  He  has  met  with  considerable  success  as  a  farmer  and  stock- 
raiser,  and  by  industry  and  sobriety  he  has  become  the  fortunate  possessor 
of  many  a  rich  acre  of  wa^^ng  grain.  Like  all  true  farmers,  he  has  always 
taken  a  Hvely  interest  in  the  success  of  the  grange,  and  is  a  prominent 
member  of  subordinate  grange  Charity,  103,  of  which  he  is  master,  and  has 
for  years  been  and  is  at  present  a  member  of  the  State  grange.  He  was 
married  to  Miss  Mary  Wigle  in  18-59.  He  is  an  active  member  of  Commit- 
tees on  Corinties  and  Claims. 

HON.    PETER    S.    NOYER* 

lu  the  early  days  of  the  Republic  sterling  worth  was  a  much  more  com- 
mon element  m  the  political  character  than  it  is  now.  This  is  a  sad  con- 
fession to  make,  but  "  pity  'tis  'tis  true,  and  more's  the  pity."  Hard-headed, 
practical  common  sense  has  been  the  chief  characteristic  of  some-  of  the 
greatest  statesmen  that  America  ever  knew.  Andrew  Jackson,  Abraham 
Lmcoln  and  General  Grant  were  of  tins  class;  men  Avho  had  very  little  to 
say,  but  very  much  to  do,  and  what  they  did  do  they  did  thoroughly  and 
well.  Coming  down  into  the  humbler  paths  of  life  we  find  individuals  of 
the  same  type  who  would  have  acted  in  precisely  the  same  manner  had  they 
accepted  the  responsible  positions  of  the  statesmen  we  have  named.  In 
this  category  we  feel  justified  in  placing  the  name  of  Hon.  Peter  S  Noyer 
the  whole-souled  representative  from  Clackamas  county.  The  subject  of 
this  notice  was  born  in  Richland  county,  Ohio,  October  19,  1837.  and  in  1840 


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moved  with  hiP  parents  to  Illinois.  In  1845  the  family  went  to  Texas,  where 
young  Peter  received  the  advantages  of  a  common  school  education.  In 
1853,  attracted  by  the  great  gold  discoveries,  he  went  to  California,  by  the 
way  of  New  Orleans,  Nicaragua  and  San  Francisco  to  the  gold  mines.  He 
remained  there  till  May,  1855,  when  he  immigrated  to  Oregon  and  located  in 
Clackamas  county.  In  1857  he  was  married  to  a  most  estimable  young 
lady,  named  Miss  Delilah  C.  May,  who  came  with  lier  parents  from  Illinois 
in  1847.  In  1862  Mr.  Noyer  traveled  through  the  wilds  of  Eastern  Oregon 
and  Western  Idaho,  which  territory  was  at  that  time  infested  Avith  maraud- 
ing bands  of  hostile  Indians,  but  he  fortunately  escaped  with  a  sound  scalp 
and  no  regrets.  In  1874,  as  a  recognition  for  his  services  to  the  grand  old 
Democratic  party,  he  was  elected  a  member  of  the  Legislature,  and  in  1882 
he  was  returned.  He  has  been  a  life-long  Democrat  of  the  .Jackson  school, 
and  his  probity  and  character  are  above  suspicion. 


HON.    JOHN    C.    CARSON. 

When  the  Republican  county  convention  of  Multnomah  county  were  last 
spring  casting  about  for  honest  representative  men  with  whom  to  trust  the 
interests  of  the  people  in  the  House  of  Representatives,  one  of  the  names 
mentioned  was  that  of  Hon.  John  C.  Carson,  of  Portland,  and  his  nomina- 
tion followed  almost  immediately.  His  nomination  was  nominally  equiv- 
alent to  his  election,  and  his  constituents  have  not  been  disappointed  in 
their  estimate  of  the  man.  He  has  labored  night  and  day  for  the  best  in- 
terests of  the  State  at  large  and  for  the  proper  advancement  of  the  interests 
of  his  own  county,  having  never  allowed  a  single  opportunity  to  pass  wliere- 
by  a  point  could  be  made  for  those  whom  he  represents.  He  was  born  on  a 
farm  in  Center  county,  Pennsylvania,  February  20,  182.5,  and  with  his 
parents  removed  to  Richland  county,  Ohio,  in  1832.  He  received  very  fair 
educational  facilities,  having  attended  the  common  schools  in  early  life  and 
entered  Ashland  academy,  in  Ohio,  along  in  1842,  where  he  remained  three 
years  under  the  tutorship  of  Prof.  Andrews,  afterwards  a  Brigadier  General 
in  the  Union  army  and  the  President  of  Kenyou  college,  where  ex-President 
Hayes  graduated.  Mr.  Carson  supported  himself  during  his  academic 
course  by  working  at  the  carpenter's  trade.  He  afterwards  commenced  the 
study  of  medicine  under  Dr.  Kenneymau,  of  Ashland,  Oliio,  and  with  him 
came  to  California  in  1850  to  start  an  hospital  in  San  Francisco.  The  project 
was  abandoned,  however,  owing  to  ill  health,  and  a  year  later  young  Carson 
pushed  on  to  Oregon,  reaching  Portland  in  September,  1851,  where  he  has 
resided  ever  since.  He  followed  the  busines  s  of  a  builder  and  contractor 
until  1857,  when  he  erected  the  first  sash  and  doo  r  factory  built  in  that  city, 
it  being  located  on  the  water  front  at  the  foot  of  Jefferson  street.  His  busi- 
ness increased  so  rapidly  that  he  was  compelled  to  seek  more  extensive 
quarters,  which  he  found  at  Weidler's  mills,  in  the  northern  part  of  the 
city,  where  he  has  now  the  most  extensive  establishment  of  the  kind  on  the 
northwest  coast  and  is  doing  an  immense  business,  his  sales  reaching  about 
$150,000  annually,  and  constantly  increasing  proportionate  with  the  growth 
of  the  city;  his  business  office  being  located  at  the  corner  of  Third  and  E 


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streets.  He  was  a  member  aud  President  of  the  Common  Council  in  1855-6, 
and  has  represented  the  third  ward  in  that  body  several  terms  since.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  board  of  experts  appointed  to  effect  a  settlement  be- 
tween the  United  States  Government  and  the  Hudson  Bay  Company  m 
1865-6.  He  was  elected  a  member  of  the  House  from  Multnomah  county  in 
1870  and  again  in  1882.  He  has  been  twice  married,  his  first  wife  being 
Miss  Elizabeth  Talbot,  to  whom  he  was  united  in  1854,  and  who  died  in 
1859.  In  18G0  he  was  married  to  Mrs.  Eliza  A.  Northop,  of  Portland.  They 
haveafamUyof  five  children,  one  being  married.  Mr.  Carson  is  a  con- 
sistent member  of  the  Congregational  Church  and  contributes  liberally  to 
its  support.  He  is  also  one  of  the  oldest  members  of  Samaritan  Lodge,  No. 
2, 1.  O.  O.  F.,  of  Portland.  He  is  rather  tall,  of  commanding  physique,  full 
face,  beaming  with  health  aud  good  nature,  pleasant  features,  brown  eyes, 
smooth  chin  aud  light  side-whiskers  and  gray,  bushy  hair.  He  is  a  pleasant 
man  to  converse  with  and  is  not  cold  or  distant  with  new-made  friends, 
and  you  are  favorably  impressed  with  him  upon  even  short  acquaintance- 
ship. He  made  a  host  of  new  friends  among  his  colleagues  in  the  House, 
and  we  have  no  hesitancy  in  predicting  that  his  legislative  career  has  not 
yet  ended. 

HON.    WILLIAM    P    KEADY. 

Among  the  many  creditable  Representatives  elected  to  the  Legislature 
just  closed,  by  the  Republicans,  there  is  none  more  worthy  of  commendation 
than  Hon.  W.  P.  Keady,  Representative  from  Benton  county.     He  was  born 
in   Washington  county,   Pennsylvania,  April  1,  1850,  and  when  but  three 
years  of  age  removed  with  his  ptarents  to  Illinois  in  1853,  and  settled  in  Iro- 
quois county,  within  the  malarial  confines  of  the  Grand  Prairie.     Here  he 
learned  the  printer's  trade  in  his  father's  office,  who  at  the  time  was  editor  and 
publisher  of  the  "  Iroquois  Times."     He  came  to  California  in  1869,  where 
he  worked  at  his  trade  and  found  liis  Avay  to  Oregon  in  1872,  and  settled  at 
Salem,  where  he  resided  for  several  years  and  was  a  power  in  politics  from 
the  very   outset.     He  followed  his   trade,  however,  and  was  engaged  in 
various  enterprises  in  connection  therewith,  including  the  jjublication  of 
the  "  Daily  Statesman,"  four  years'  incumbency  of  the  foremanship  in  the 
State  prkiting  office,  establishment  and  publication  for  sevei'al  months  of 
the  "Oregon  Educational  Monthly,"     In  1879  he  went  to  Corvallis  and  en- 
tered into  partnei  ship  with  Hon.  W.  B.  Carter,  then  State  Printer,  in  a  job 
printing  office.    Mr.  Carter  died  in  1880  and  Mr.  Keady  was  appointed  State 
Printer,  by  Gov.  Thayer,  to  fill  the  vacancy  then  existiug.     Mr.  Keady  has 
a  very  thorough  knowledge  of  the  "  art  preservative,''  aud  has  been  in  a 
very  great  manner  instrumental  in  pointing  out  and  correcting  the  abuses 
of  the  law  governing  the  State  work,  and  has  acted  as  expert  on  several 
occasions  by  special  appointment  on  behalf  of  the  State.     In  1881  he  was 
appointed  paymaster  and  right-of-way  agent  for  the  Oregon  Pacific  Rail- 
road Company,  in  which  capacitv  he  gave  very  general  satisfaction.     In 
1882  he  received  the  nomination  as  Representative  from  Benton  county,  and 
was  elected  by  a  handsome  majority.    He  has  never  been  an  aspirant  for 
public  office,  but  in  the  discharge  of  his  official  duties  he  has  been  honest 


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and  conscientious,  and  the  pledges  be  took  before  the  people  he  has  kept 
faithfully  at  all  hazards.  He  has  proved  a  hard  worker,  was  always  in  his 
seat  and  had  his  eyes  open  to  every  proposition.  Although  not  particularly 
fond  of  speech-making,  he  has  at  various  times  during  the  session  exhibited 
a  command  of  language  and  a  comprehension  of  the  subject  matter  in  hand 
which  could  only  have  been  acquired  by  years  of  study  and  reflection.  He 
is  a  man  of  -slight  build,  pleasant  face,  with  chin  whiskers  and  mustache 
and  brown  hair.  He  was  married  in  1874  to  Mrs.  Julia  G.  Crump,  of  Salem, 
and  their  family  consists  of  three  children. 


HON.    PENUMBRA    KELLY 

Was  born  in  Kentucky  m  the  year  18i5.  His  father  immigrated  to  Oregon 
in  1848,  and  remained  that  winter  with  his  family  in  Oregon  City.  In  1849 
the  family,  which  was  a  goodly-sized  one,  Penumbra  being  one  of  fifteen 
children,  removed  to  East  Portland,  and  since  then  the  subject  of  this 
sketch  has  there  resided,  growing  up  from  boyhood  to  manhood  and  earn- 
ing a  reputation  for  soundness  of  character  and  strength  of  purpose  which 
has  frequently  made  him  the  recipient  of  public  trust  and  public  office 
when  he  would  fain  have  enjoyed  the  quietude  of  private  life  on  his  pleas- 
ant and  valuable  farm  two  miles  from  East  Portland.  Mr.  Kelly  was  mar- 
ried in  1875  to  Miss  Mary  E.  Marquam,  daughter  of  Judge  Marquam,  and 
has  three  interesting  children.  In  "1874  he  was  elected  a  member  of  the 
House  of  Representatives  from  Multnomah,  and  in  1876  he  v/as  elected 
County  Commissioner.  He  was  again  elected  to  the  Legislature  in  1878, 
and  since  that  time  he  has  been  twice  re-elected.  Mr.  Kelly's  experience  as 
a  legislator,  together  with  the  fact  that  he  is  a  thorough  parliamentarian,  a 
deep  thinker  and  sound  adviser,  has  made  him  one  of  the  most  valuable 
members  of  the  present  session,  and  many  times  has  his  counsel  extricated 
the  house  from  troublesome  complications. 

HON.  LUTHER  B.  ISON 
Is  one  of  the  Representatives  from  Baker  county  in  the  House.  He  is  a 
medium-sized,  well-proportioned  and  fine-looking  gentleman,  with  a  clear 
eye  and  a  full  face.  At  times  you  would  think  this  man  had  genius,  but 
you  are  immediately  confronted  with  the  stern  reality  that  he  has  not. 
On  entering  the  House,  he  goes  straight  to  his  desk,  takes  out  his  book 
containing  legislation  which  is  up  for  consideration,  and  buries  himself  in 
the  work  of  investigating  the  merits  and  provisions  of  the  various  measures. 
When  he  proceeds  to  address  the  House,  the  listener  is  struck  with  the 
forcible  manner  in  which  he  speaks  and  the  great  earnestness  of  his  lan- 
guage. His  style  of  oratory  is  one  peculiar  to  himself  and  withal  pleasing. 
Although  Mr.  Ison  is  not  eloquent,  he  is,  by  far,  the  most  acceptable  speaker 
in  the  present  House.  He  begins  to  talk  in  a  moderated  tone  of  voice, 
which  gradually  changes  to  one  of  decision,  sometimes  appealing,  again 
persuasive,  and  again  endeavoring  to  convince.  His  sentences  are  short, 
and  seldom  does  he  utter  a  clear-cut,  round  Edmund  Burke  construction. 


40         REPRESENTATIVE  MEN  OF  OREGON. 


He  is  an  able  man  and  a  diplomate,  and  would  make  a  popular  candidate  for 
any  office  that  required  addressing  the  people  in  large  bodies  assembled. 
He  was  born  in  Garrad  county,  Kentucky,  in  the  year  184;^.  In  1849  his 
parents  emigrated  to  Grundy  county,  Missouri,  where  young  Ison  attended 
the  public  schools  until  he  was  prepared  to  enter  Grand  river  college,  where 
he  remained  some  time,  and  afterwards  finished  at  Fayette  college  in  How- 
ard county.  In  1866  he  came  to  Oregon  and  located  in  Baker  county,  where 
he  mined  aud  taught  school  from  1866  to  1870.  He  was  then  elected  county 
clerk,  aud  subsequently  re-elected  twice  to  the  same  office.  During  the 
time  which  he  served  as  county  clerk,  he  studied  law,  and  was  admitted  as 
a  professional  lawyer  in  October,  1876.  In  June,  1876,  he  was  elected  dis- 
trict attorney  of  the  fifth  judicial  district,  and  was  re-elected  in  1878.  At 
the  expiration  of  his  term  of  office,  he  became  associated  with  A.  J.  Law- 
rence in  the  law  business,  and  has  siix'ie  been  engaged  in  the  practice  of  bis 
profession.  He  is  a  staunch  Democrat,  and  his  long  life  of  usefulness  as  a 
member  of  that  party,  together  with  the  many  offices  that  have  been  thrust 
upon  him,  are  sufficient  indications  of  the  esteem  in  which  he  is  held.  Mr. 
Ison  was  married  to  Miss  Josie  Gates,  of  Union,  Augiist  12,  1870. 

HON.    P.    A.    MARQUAM. 

The  man  who  has  enjoyed  all  the  advantages  of  a  collegiate  education, 
and  the  riches  which  are  bestowed  upon  him  by  his  family,  is  deserving  of 
praise  only  for  the  obstacles  he  has  to  meet  and  encounter.  Hence,  when  a 
man  enters  life  without  any  of  these  bestowed  advantages  and  works  his 
way  upward  from  the  poverty  of  youth  to  a  respectable  position  in  the  com- 
munity and  an  honorable  office  before  the  people,  and  owes  his  advance- 
ment to  his  own  blameless  life,  his  strength  of  character,  and  an  iron  will 
that  failure  only  serves  to  render  stronger,  we  must  place  upon  his  brow 
the  chaplet  that  belongs  to  the  victor  in  a  hard-fought  fight-  not  the  prize 
drawn  by  lucky  chance  in  the  lottery  of  life.  Representative  Marquam  is 
one  of  those  men  who  were  born  without  the  immediate  advantages  of 
wealth,  but  by  his  pertinacity  of  purpose  and  natural  ability  he  has  risen 
not  only  to  honorable  position  and  the  attainment  of  a  large  fortune,  but 
we  might  say  he  stands  pre-eminent  as  a  citizen  and  as  a  jurist.  He  was 
born  in  "  old  Maryland,  My  Maryland,"  in  February,  1823,  where  his  ances- 
tors settled  in  the  Revolutionary  days.  He  is  a  grandson  of  Henry  Poole, 
who  was  one  of  the  largest  planters  and  most  distinguished  men  of  his  time. 
When  quite  small  young  Marquam's  father  moved  with  his  family  to  In- 
diana, where  they  lived  on  a  farm.  As  his  father  was  quite  poor,  the  boy 
assisted  him  by  helping  with  the  farm  work,  and  at  the  same  time  whenever 
an  opportunity  offered  he  would  take  up  his  books,  and  it  was  there,  follow- 
ing the  plow  aud  lying  under  the  shade  of  the  wide-spreading  tree  branches 
that  he  laid  the  foundation  of  an  education  which  fitted  him  for  the  im- 
portant place  he  was  to  fill  in  after  life.  After  obtaining  a  sound  English 
education,  he  studied  Latin,  together  with  the  higher  mathematics,  and 
then  having  a  strong  inclination  for  the  legal  profession,  he  secured  the 
necessary  books  and  studied  at  home  under  the  direction  of  Godlove  S. 


KEPRESENTATIVE  MEN  OF  OREGON.         41 


Ortb,  who  is  at  the  present  time  a  Representative  in  Congress  from  Indiana. 
He  completed  his  studies  at  the  Bloomington  law  school,  and  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  at  Lafayette,  Indiana,  in  the  year  1847.  He  then  practiced  there 
a  short  time  and  in  1849  crossed  the  plains  to  California  in  search  of  the 
"golden  fleece."  As  soon  as  he  arrived  at  his  destination  he  went  to 
work  in  the  mines  and  remained  there  during  the  winter  of  1849  and  the 
spring  of  1850,  occasionally  relieving  the  monotony  of  the  pick  and  shovel 
by  going  on  expeditions  to  repel  the  bands  of  marauding  Indians,  who  in 
those  days  were  the  mortal  enemy  of  the  hard-working  miner.  In  these 
engagements  he  received  several  serious  wounds,  which  laid  him  up  for 
several  weeks,  and  after  recovering  his  fellow-citizens  with  one  acclaim 
elected  him  Judge  of  Yolo  coimty,  which  position  he  held  one  year,  and 
then  resigned  to  come  to  Oregon.  He  arrived  in  Portland  in  the  latter  part 
of  the  same  year  and  at  once  commenced  the  practice  of  his  profession.  He 
was  successful  from  the  very  beginning,  and  within  a  year  had  a  large  and 
lucrative  practice.  In  the  year  1862  he  was  elected  County  .Judge  of  Mult- 
nomah, and,  as  an  endorsement  of  his  services,  was  re-elected  at  the  next 
election.  After  retirin.<?  from  office  Judge  Marqitam  refi;sed  to  take  an 
active  interest  in  politics,  and  he  confined  himself  almost  exclusively  to 
transactions  in  real  estate.  He  saw  that  Portland  was  some  day  destined 
to  be  a  metrop(Tlitan  city,  and  with  the  eye  of  a  wise  business  man  he  looked 
around  him  and  secured  some  of  the  most  valuable  property  in  Portland 
and  the  suburbs,  a  very  large  part  of  which  he  still  owns.  Amongst  his 
large  purchases  was  that  of  298  acres,  known  as  Marquam's  hill,  which  is 
one  of  the  very  prettiest  sites  in  the  city  of  Portland.  Some  of  this  large 
tract  he  has  disposed  of,  and  the  remainder  he  has  retained  for  his  own  use, 
and  on  which  his  residence  now  stands.  At  the  State  election  Mr.  Marquam 
was  nominated  without  his  consent,  and  notwithstanding  that  fact  he  re- 
ceived the  highest  vote  on  the  ticket.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Emma 
Kern,  May  8,  1853,  and  their  union  was  blessed  with  eleven  children,  four 
of  whom  are  boys  and  seven  girls,  and  all  of  them  are  now  living  and  en- 
joying the  best  of  health.  In  politics  Mr.  Marquam  has  always  been  a 
staimch  Republican,  and  the  many  public  offices  he  has  been  called  upon 
to  fill  indicates  the  esteem  in  which  he  is  held.  His  record,  which  is  open, 
speaks  for  the  man ;  from  nothing,  by  his  own  exertions  he  has  liecome  the 
eminent  citizen  that  he  now  is,  and  we  regretfully  close  writing  of  the 
career  of  a  gentleman  whom  we  would  gladly  write  a  whole  volume  about. 


HON.  WARREN  TRUITT. 
This  gentleman  is  one  of  the  Representatives  from  Polk  county.  In  h(j- 
pearance  he  is  a  thoughtful-looking  man,  with  clearly-cut  features,  kindly, 
yet  searching,  eye,  and  a  mouth  the  contour  of  which  unmistakably  indi- 
cates great  strength  of  character  and  a  determined  will.  The  Judge,  as  he 
is  familiarly  called,  is  of  pleasing  address,  plain  and  outspoken  in  all  hia 
dealings  with  the  world,  and  possessed  of  a  vast  store  ni'  useful  knowledge 
gained  by  close  application  and  a  judicious  taste.     He  is  a  ready  debater. 


42  REPRESENTATIVE    MEN    OF    OREGON. 


but  speaks  very  seldom,  and  then  only  on  matters  of  great  importance,  and 
from  his  conduct  in  the  House  I  should  judge  that  he  has  an  abhorrence  of 
the  habit  of  bobbing  up  and  down  in  order  to  speak  on  every  proposition. 
He  was  born  in  Green  county,  Illinois,  in  the  year  1845,  and  educated  in 
McKendree  college,  Sinclair  county,  from  which  he  graduated  in  the  class 
of  1868.  He  then  entered  the  law  office  of  Judge  Snyder,  Belleville,  St. 
Clair  county,  Illinois,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1870.  In  the  spriag  of 
1871  he  came  to  Oregon,  taking  up  his  residence  in  Polk  county,  where  he 
has  since  continued  to  live.  He  was  teacher  in  the  Bethel  academy  three 
years,  and  was  then  elected  County  Judge  in  1874.  which  office  he  held  four 
years.  At  the  expiration  of  his  term  of  office  he  entered  upon  the  practice 
of  his  profession  at  Dallas,  and  he  now  has  a  fine  business.  He  was  elected  a 
member  of  the  present  Legislative  Assembly  by  a  large  majority,  and  dur- 
ing the  session  has  been  a  close  and  vahaable  worker  and  a  member  of  the 
Judiciary  Committee.    He  was  married  in  the  year  1874  to  Miss  Mary  Basey. 


HON.    W.    T.    RIGDON 

Is  one  of  the  Representatives  from  Marion  county  on  the  floor  of  the 
House.  He  was  born  in  Powesheik  county,  Iowa,  in  the  year  1849.  In  the 
year  1850  his  parents  immigrated  to  Oregon  and  sought  a  "home  in  Marion 
county,  where  he  has  ever  since  resided.  In  1852  the  father  of  the  family 
died,  when  young  Taylor  was  but  three  years  old.  Left  without  a  father  at 
that  infantile  age,  his  story  is  that  of  many  another  boy  who,  deprived  of 
the  blessing  of  a  father's  presence  and  the  consequent  advantages  that  ac- 
crue therefrom  to  boyhood,  has  had  to  battle  with  the  world  alone  and  sin 
gle-handed,  and  to  his  honor  be  it  said  that  by  application  to  his  book 
around  the  family  fireplace  and  working  during  the  day  for  the  mainteti 
ance  of  his  mother  and  a  large  famil}-,  he,  by  his  own  ettbrts,  obtained  a 
good  education  and  grew  up  to  a  useful  and  respected  manhood.  At  the 
age  of  twenty-foiir  he  became  a  teacher  in  the  Jefferson  Institute,  where  he 
remained  two  years,  and  afterv.ards  taught  three  years  in  the  district  schools. 
Mr.  Rigdon  was  married  to  Miss  Mattie  J.  Smith  in  the  year  1878,  and  their 
union  has  been  blessed  with  two  little  daughters.  Although  this  is  the 
first  time  that  Mr.  Rigdon  has  been  before  the  people  as  an  officeholder,  he 
has  always  taken  a  leading  part  in  the  politics  of  Jefferson,  is  an  ardent  ad- 
vocate of  the  cause  of  temperance  and  an  active  member  of  the  M.  E. 
Church.  He  is  a  Republican,  and  has  done  good  service  in  the  present  ses- 
sion, having  taken  a  particular  interest  in  the  passage  of  temperance 
measures. 


HON.  GEORGE  F.  CRAWFORD. 
A  good  Democrat  is  the  noblest  work  of  the  teachings  of  Jefferson,  and 
Mr.  Crawford,  who  represents  Linn  county  in  the  House,  is  one  of  that 
stock.  He  was  born  a  Democrat,  bred  a  Democrat,  and  will  very  probably 
die  in  the  faith.  He  is  one  of  those  political  apostles  who,  while  pursuing 
a  thoroughly  consistent  course  himself,  can  perceive  good  in  the  Nazareth 


REPRESENTATIVE  MEN  OF  OREGON.         43 

of  other  parties,  and  is  ever  ready  to  award  credit  wherever  he  thinks  it  is 
due.  He  is  one  of  that  honest,  conservative  minority  that  we  have  so  fre- 
quently spoken  of  in  the  course  of  these  biographies,  and  a  fanatic  only 
upon  questions  of  right  and  justice.  He  is  of  a  grave  disposition,  and  a 
studious  demeanor,  a  man  whose  opinion  is  carefully  weighed  before  it  is 
pronounced,  and,  when  delivered,  carrying  conviction  to  the  fair  and  im- 
partial mind.  He  possesses  a  vast  amount  of  reserve  power — he  is  a  tliinker. 
He  is  one  of  the  most  valuable  men  in  the  assembly,  mainly  on  account  of 
his  individuality,  a  quality  possessed  by  him  in  an  eminent  degree.  Mr. 
Crawford  was  born  in  Grayson  county,  Virginia,  in  the  year  1818.  He  at- 
tended the  common  schools  of  the  county  and  afterwards  learned  the  trade 
of  tanner,  in  the  meantime  studying  medicine.  He  immigrated  to  Illinois  in 
the  year  1844  and  located  in  Warren  county.  Here  he  commenced  the  prac- 
tice of  his  profession  as  a  full-fledged  M.  D.,  and  in  the  following  year  he 
moved  to  Henderson  county,  where  he  continued  to  practice  for  one  year, 
attaining  quite  a  reputation  ana  meeting  with  a  fair  amount  of  success. 
In  the  year  1852  he  came  to  Oregon,  taking  up  his  residence  in  Albany, 
Linn  county,  where  he  has  since  remained.  He  was  elected  a  member  of 
the  House  of  Representatives  from  that  place  in  the  year  1874.  Ever  since 
the  organization  of  the  Albany  Farmers'  Warehouse  Company  he  has  been 
associated  with  it,  and  is  at  the  present  time  one  of  its  board  of  directors 
and  its  president.  Mr.  Crawford  is  the  oldest  member  in  the  House,  being 
sixty-four  years  of  age,  and  is  of  a  fine,  hale  and  hearty  appearance.  He  is 
what  one  would  pronounce  at  first  sight  a  picture  of  the  regular  old  country 
gentleman,  appreciating  a  favor  and  anxious  to  perform  a  kindness.  In  the 
year  1845  Mr.  Crawford  was  wedded  to  Miss  Mary  Ellen  Gilmour,  a 
daughter  of  Dr.  Gilmour,  one  of  the  physicians  under  whom  he  studied. 


HON.    JAMES    B.    SPERRY 

Is  one  of  the  Democratic  Representatives  on  the  floor  of  the  House,  and 
hails  from  Umatilla  county.  He  is  six  feet  in  height,  weighs  about  200 
pounds,  is  well-proportioped  and  one  of  the  quiet  but  hard  workers  of  the 
minority.  He  has  lived  in  our  State  thirty -two  years,  and  can  look  back  over 
the  useful  years  of  his  life  with  the  happy  satisfaction  of  knowing  that  his 
character  has  ever  remained  unl)lemished,  and  his  every  action  pure  beyond 
question.  Although,  as  we  have  said,  Mr.  Sperry  is  one  of  the  quiet  mem- 
bers, he  has  used  every  exertion  in  behalf  of  his  constituency,  and  on  one 
occasion,  when  a  bill  was  up  for  passage  which  had  for  its  object  the  di- 
vision of  Umatilla  county  in  a  way  that  would  work  injury  to  his  people, 
he  made  one  of  the  plainest,  most  vigorous  and  effective  speeches  of  the 
session.  Mr.  Sperry  was  bord  in  Ohio  in  1835  and  went  with  his  parents  to 
Iowa  in  1840,  where  he  remained  until  1851,  receiving  there  his  school  train- 
ing, and  afterwards  worked  on  his  father's  farm.  In  1851  he  crossed  the 
plains  to  Oregon  and  ktcated  in  Linn  county.  He  remained  in  that  county 
until  1877,  when  he  moved  to  Umatilla  county.  Eastern  Oregon,  where  he 
has  since  resided.  In  1870  he  was  honored  by  his  felloAv-citizens  with  the 
office  of  Assessor,  which  he  held  two  years.     He  was  married  in  the  year 


44  REPRESENTATIVE    MEN    OF    OREGON. 


1&56  to  Miss  Rebecca  Rice,  with  whom  he  lived  happily  until  1875,  wheu 
that  lady  died.  He  was  again  married  in  1877  to  Jliss  S.  V.  Spencer,  of 
Umatilla.  Mr.  Sparry  served  in  the  Indian  war  of  1855  and  1856  under 
Capt.  King,  in  Southern  Oregon. 


HON.    MADISON    L.    JONES. 

Among  the  young  men  of  the  assembly,  none  have  brighter  prospects  for 
the  future,  or  give  better  promise  of  fulfilling  the  expectations  of  sincere 
well-wishers  and  devoted  friends,  than  the  young  gentleman  whose  name 
heads  this  brief  sketch.  Modest,  unassuming  and  gentlemanly  in  his  every 
action,  Mr.  Jones  has  gained  the  imqualitied  respect  of  every  member  of 
the  House.  He  is  a  ready  debater,  and  all  subjects  discussed  by  him  have 
been  treated  in  a  forcible  and  logi'^al  manner.  His  style  is  concise,  and 
when  he  has  presented  his  case  with  the  ability  native  to  his  character,  he 
refrains  from  further  urging  and  consequent  weakening  of  the  effect  of  his 
argument.  In  this  he  invariably  displays  a  talent  peculiar  to  but  few  men 
in  public  life,  namely,  the  talent  of  knowing  when  to  cease — the  knowledge 
that  at  certain  times  "  silence  is  golden."  Mr.  Jones  was  born  in  Indiana 
in  the  year  1849,  and  came  to  Oregon  with  his  parents  in  1853,  remaining 
here  ever  since.  He  received  his  early  training  in  the  district  school,  and 
afterwards  entered  Willamette  University,  where  he  graduated  in  the  class 
of  1871.  After  completing  his  educational  course,  he  studied  law  with 
Shaw  k  Mallory,  and  afterwards  with  Shaw  &  Burnett.  He  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  in  the  year  1879.  He  was  married  in  1880  to  Miss  Emma  Noven- 
den.  In  politics,  Mr.  Jones  is  a  strong  Republican,  and  is  esteemed  as  a 
promising  young  man  of  the  future. 


HON.  THOMAS  N.  FAULCONER. 
This  gentleman  is  of  a  plain,  quiet,  unassuming  nature,  and  has  done 
very  good  work  as  a  member  of  the  House  of  Renresentatives.  He  has  lived 
in  Oregon  for  thirty-one  years,  and  is  considered,  by  those  who  know  him 
best,  as  a  hard-v/orking  and  industrious  man  and  a  worthy  citizen.  He  was 
born  in  Missouri  in  1830,  where  he  resided  with  his  parents  on  a  farm  until 
the  age  of  twenty.  In  the  year  1857  he  crossed  the  plains  and  settled  in 
old  Yamhill,  which  constituency  he  represents  in  the  House.  He  has 
farmed  there  for  the  last  twenty  years,  with  exception  of  a  few  years  spent  in 
Wasco  in  the  stock  business.  He  was  also  in  the  mercantile  business  in 
Sheridan  precinct  for  ten  years,  and  was  elected  Justice  of  the  Peace  there, 
which  position  he  also  held  for  a  period  of  ten  years.  He  was  married  in 
1861  to  Miss  Lucy  H.  Morgan,  with  whom  he  has  lived  happily  ever  since, 
and  raised  a  comfortable  family.  During  the  Yakima  war,  when  that  mur- 
derous tribe  of  savages  attempted  to  overrun  and  massacre  the  white  set- 
tlers of  Washington  and  Oregon,  Mr.  Faulconer  was  one  of  the  fearless 
men  that  stepped  to  tlie  front  and  tendered  his  services  for  the  protection 
of  their  lives  and  property,  and  he  made  a  good  record,  and  one  of  which 
his  family  may  feel  justly  proud.     In  politics  he  is  a  staunch  Republican. 


REPRESENTATIVE    MEN    OF    OREGON.  45 

HON.    F.    A.    PATTERSON. 

The  j^eutleman  Avhose  uame  ^^races  this  pa^e  is  ii  native  of  Illinois,  hav- 
ing been  born  in  Sinclair  county  in  1835,  and  combines  within  himself  much 
of  the  rough  vigor  and  gentlemanly  polish  for  which  the  natives  of  that 
State  are  so  justly  celebrated.  His  forty-seven  years  Lave  not  at  all  dimin- 
ished his  energy  or  dulled  the  brightness  of  his  spirits.  Mr.  Patterson 
came  across  the  plains  to  California  in  1852,  and  after  many  hair-breadth 
escapes  by  flood  and  field,  and  lonely  nights  in  the  mountain  glen  and  days 
of  hard  toil  in  John  Town,  a  lively  mining  camp  in  El  Dorado  county,  he 
went  to  Prairie  City,  Sacramento,  where  lie  mined  a  short  time,  then  re- 
turned to  old  El  Dorado,  and  finally  came  to  beautiful  Oregon  in  1857,  lo- 
cating in  Benton  county  on  a  farm,  where  he  remained  one  year.  Mr. 
Patterson  was  married  to  Miss  Caroline  Tatom  in  the  year  1859,  and  is  at 
the  present  time  the  happy  father  of  ten  splendid  children,  the  first  nine  of 
whom  are  boys  and  the  youngest  a  fair  daughter.  Shortly  after  his  mar- 
riage he  moved  to  Washington  county.  He  lived  there  but  one  year,  and 
then  returned  to  Polk,  where  he  has  since  lived.  He  was  elected  a  Repre- 
sentative to  the  Legislative  Assembly  of  1880,  and  earned  such  a  reputation 
for  reliability  and  capacity  that  his  fellow  citizens  returned  him  to  the  pres- 
ent session.  In  appearance  Mr.  Patterson  is  a  medium-sized  gentleman, 
with  a  full  beard  and  and  a  sparkling  eye.  He  is  a  good  parliamentarian, 
a  ready  talker  and  well  informed  in  the  routine  of  legislative  work.  In  his 
county  Mr.  Patterson  is  very  well  and  favorably  known,  and  is  recognized 
as  a  staunch  and  prominent  member  of  tne  Republican  party. 


HON.    HENRY    G.    BROWN 

Was  born  in  old  New  Hampshire  January  15,  1833,  and  was  brought  up  on 
a  farm  until  the  age  of  seventeen.  In  May,  1852,  he  came  to  Oregon  and 
engaged  in  the  packing  business  from  Scottsburg  to  Southern  Oregon.^and 
Yreka,  Cal.,  and  so  continued  until  the  end.  of  the  Indian  war  of  1855  and 
1856.  Mr.  Brown  was  with  the  Knott  Bros.,  at  Loose  creek,  on  the  9th  day 
of  October — the  terrible  day  that  the  general  Indian  outbreak  occurred, 
and  saw  seven  men  between  there  and  Rogue  river  lying  by  the  roadside 
•presenting  the  ghastly  spectacle  of  an  Indian  killing.  Mr.  Brown  himself 
was  reported  killed  at  the  same  time,  but  to  the  joy  and  surprise  of  his 
many  friends  he  returned  safely,  and  was  married  on  the  15th  of  September, 
1856,  to  Miss  Priscella  Stearns.  Immediately  after  his  marriage  he  pur- 
chased a  farm  fifteen  miles  from  Scottsburg,  where  he  has  since  resided. 
Mr.  Brown  has  been  honored  before  by  the  Republican  party  with  the  nom- 
ination of  Senator  and  Representative,  but  he,  together  with  the  entire 
ticket,  was  then  defeated.  In  appearance  Mr.  Biown  is  a  veiy  pleasant- 
looking  gentleman,  with  eyes  fairly  beaming  with  good  nature.  He  has 
made  a  fme  record  as  an  able  member  of  the  House,  and  has  taken  advan- 
tage of  every  opportunity  to  secure  the  passage  of  proper  and  necessary 
legislation.  He  is  a  Republican  of  the  old  school,  and  voted  for  J.  H. 
Mitchell  as  long  as  there  was  a  prospect  of  his  election. 


46         REPRESENTATIVE  MEN  OF  OREGON. 


HON.  HENRY  THORNTON 

Is  a  Republican  Representative  from  Josephine  county.  From  his  infancy 
he  has  been  identified  with  the  farming  interest,  and  is,  therefore,  peculiarly 
well  quahfied  to  represent  the  people  of  his  county.  Since  the  begiunius; 
of  the  session,  Mr.  Thornton  has  been  an  industrious  member,  and  has  in- 
troduced some  of  the  very  best  measures  for  the  benefit  of  his  constituency. 
He  was  born  in  Tippecanoe  countj^  Indiana,  in  the  year  1832.  When  thr' - 
years  of  age  his  father  immigrated  to  Iowa,  and  became  one  of  the  farme'  - 
of  that  State.  Young  Henry  remained  on  the  farm,  occasionally  attendini, 
school  until  the  year  1853,  when  he  came  to  Oregon,  arriving  here  the  samp 
year,  after  a  tedious  and  dangerous  journey  across  the  plains.  He  settled 
in  Umpqua  coixnty,  securing  there  a  fine  farm,  and  in  the  year  185S  he  was 
elected  treasurer  of  the  county.  In  *he  year  1805  he  was  married  to  Miss 
Josephine  Haines,  and  the  following  year  he  moved  to  Jackson  county.  He 
lived  there  until  1875  and  then  went  to  Josephine,  where  he  has  since  re- 
sided. In  the  year  1877  he  was  elected  Commissioner  of  that  county,  and 
Representative  in  1882.  Mr.  Thornton  has  always  maintained  his  reputa- 
tion as  a  consistent  Republican,  and  a  vigorous  party  worker.  He  is  well 
acquainted  with  the  routine  business  of  legislation,  is  well  posted  on  all 
subjects  and  has  rendered  valuable  services  to  the  people  of  his  county. 


HON.  J.  H  BAUGHMAN, 
Of  Marion  county,  was  born  and  raised  to  manhood  in  Illinois.  His  edu- 
cational advantages  were  limited  in  the  extreme.  He  emigrated  to  Oregon 
in  1850  and  has  ever  since  resided  in  Marion  county.  Naturally  possessed 
of  an  investigating  turn  of  mind,  he  gathered  kn(.)wledge  rapidly,  ever  keep- 
ing prominently  in  view  the  axiom  that  there  never  can  be  any  real  excel- 
lence without  labor  in  any  deportment  of  life.  Very  few  read  the  news- 
papers with  greater  avidity  than  he,  and  still  fewer  have  a  higher  apprecia- 
tion of  their  worth  to  those  who  in  early  youtli  have  been  denied  the  rich 
boon  that  weekly  or  daily  newspapers  ci )ufer.  Honest,  upright  and  gener- 
ous to  a  fault,  he  soon  became  a  marked  man  in  his  neighborhood.  The 
temperance  cause  now  coming  iiu-o  prominence  always  found  in  him  a  fast 
friend  and  a  firm  supporter,  the  Sabbath  school  an  able  teacher,  and  society 
generally  one  of  God's  best  gifts,  an  honest  man.  In  the  person  of  Mr. 
Baughman,  the  people  of  Marion  county  have  had  a  good  Representative, 
and  one  who  has  done  as  much  as  any  other  to  secure  the  passage  of  proper 
and  effective  legislation.  Upon  the  floor  of  tJie  House,  he  has  done  good 
service,  and  can  have  the  satisfac^tion  of  knowing  that  the  open  record  of 
votes  has  always  found  him  on  the  side  of  the  people. 


HON.    ANDREW    N.    GILBERT 

One  of  the  Representatives  from  Marion  count)-,  is  a  gentleman  who  is  well 
quahfied  by  birth,  attainments,  capacity  and  connections  to  be  a  leader  of 
the  people.  Born  in  Grand  View,  Illinois,  in  the  year  1840,  he  attended  the 
common  schools  of  his  native  place  and  finished  his  education  at  Waveland 


REPRESENTATIVE  MEN  OF  OREGON.         47 

Collegiate  Institute,  Indiana,  and  was  still  a  student  at  the  breaking  out  of 
the  civil  war.  Young  Gilbert,  together  with  a  number  of  other  brave  young 
fellows,  formed  a  company  to  fight  for  the  unity  and  preservation  of  their 
country,  and  applied  for  admission  in  Lew  Wallace's  famous  regiment,  the 
Eleventh  Indiana  Volunteers ;  but  the  young  company  came  too  late,  for 
the  formation  of  the  regiment  had  already  been  completed,  and  they  conse- 
quently were  rejected.  Mr.  Gilbert  disappointed,  but  not  discouraged,  and 
fired  by  the  feeling  of  patriotism  so  characteristic  of  the  young  American, 
returned  to  Illinois  and  enlisted  in  the  Twelfth  Illinois  Volunteers,  serving 
in  that  regiment  three  years.  At  the  expiration  of  that  time  he  re-enlisted  at 
Pulaski,  Tenn.,  and  was  in  active  service  until  the  close  of  the  war,  when  he 
was  mustered  out  at  Springfield,  Illinois.  During  his  life  on  the  field  his 
regiment  was  in  the  Army  of  the  West,  under  General  Sherman,  and  he 
participated  in  the  battles  of  Fort  Donaldson,  Pittsburgh  Landing,  the  ad- 
vance on  Corinth,  and  marched  with  Sherman  to  the  Sea.  W^onderful  to 
relate  during  all  this  fighting  our  young  friend  received  not  a  wound,  al- 
though the  deadly  missiles  dealt  out  death  all  around  him.  In  18(5()  Mr. 
Gilbert  came  to  Oregon,  by  way  of  the  Missouri  river  and  across  the  Mul- 
lan  route.  Arriving  here  he  took  up  his  residence  in  Salem  and  engaged  in 
the  boot  and  shoe  business,  which  he  conducted  successfully  for  many 
years.  In  1870  Mr.  Gilbert  was  married  to  Miss  Estelle  McCully,  daughter 
of  David  McOully,  Esq.,  of  Salem,  and  is  now  the  father  of  two  fine  boys. 
In  politics  Mr.  Gilbert  has  always  been  a  pure  Republican,  and  has  been 
honored  by  his  party  repeatedly.  In  1872  he  was  elected  City  Treasurer, 
and  at  the  expiration  of  his  term  of  oiilce  he  was  re-elected.  In  1874  he  was 
elected  a  Representative  to  the  Legislature,  and  he  was  re-elected  in  the 
years  1876  and  1882.  Every  time  Mr.  Gilbert  has  been  elected  he. has  re- 
ceived the  largest  majority  on  the  ticket.  Such  in  brief  is  a  short  sketch  of 
the  gentleman  who  at  the  age  of  forty-two  lias  served  his  country  faithfully 
on  the  battlefield  and  been  honored  by  his  fellow  citizens  in  public  life.  He 
is  at  present  engaged  in  the  grocery  business  in  Salem,  and  has  a  reputation 
for  honesty  and  business  sagacity  that  will  commend  him  to  the  friendship 
of  all.     He  is  Chairman  of  Committee  on  Ways  and  Means. 


HON.    JASPER    SMITH 

Ts  one  of  the  Representatives  from  Tillamook  county,  and  a  pioneer  of  Ore- 
gon. He  is  a  xjlain,  sensible  man,  with  sound  ideas  on  all. matters  of  gen- 
eral interest,  and  with  a  particular  desire  to  serve  and  advance  the  interests 
of  the  farming  element.  He  was  born  in  Laporte  county,  Indiana,  in  the 
year  1842,  where  his  parents  resided  until  he  was  five  years  of  age.  In  the 
year  1847  the  family  came  across  the  plains  to  Oregon  and  remained  in  the 
city  of  Portland  about  one  month.  While  living  there  the  father  of  the 
family,  after  having  encountered  all  the  hardships  and  privations  of  the 
trip,  was  taken  sick  and  died  in  the  land  where  he  had  expected  to  make  a 
new  home  for  his  family.  Mrs.  Smith  then  removed  with  her  family  of 
young  children  to  Yamhill  county  and  took  up  a  piece  of  unsurveyed  land, 


48  REPRESENTATIVE    MEN    OF    OREGON. 


and  for  three  or  four  months  lived  upon  boiled  wheat.  Although  the  widow 
felt  the  loss  of  her  husband  deeply,  she  was  enabled  to  live  and  get  along 
Avell  witli  the  assistance  of  young  Jasper  and  his  industrious  brothers,  and 
after  the  lapse  of  a  few  years  she  was  again  married  to  Mr.  J.  C.  Geer,  a 
gentleman  well  known  to  old  Oregoniaus,  and  died  in  1854.  About  three 
years  ago  Mr.  Smith  went  to  Tillamook  county,  where  he  has  since  remained 
on  his  farm.  He  was  married  in  1866  to  Miss  Sarah  Abigail  Harper,  and 
now  is  the  happy  father  of  eight  children,  seven  of  whom  are  boys.  In  pol- 
itics Mr.  Smith  is  a  Republican. 

HON.    JOHN    W.    SAPPINGTON. 

The  world,  as  Emerson  says,  "  is  no  longer  clay,  but  rather  iron  in  the 
hands  of  its  workers,  and  men  have  got  to  hammer  out  a  place  for  them- 
selves by  steady  and  rugged  blows."  This  is  true,  indeed,  of  the  present 
age,  as  men  can  no  longer  go  at  one  leap  into  eminent  positions,  but  must 
work  on  steadily  in  such  a  way  as  to  prove  by  the  stutt"  that  is  in  them  their 
capabilities  and  fitness.  This  might  be  said  of  him  whose  brief  experience 
we  are  considering.  He  is  a  stout,  fine-looking  and  full-bearded  man,  who 
has  seen  some  of  the  ups  and  downs  that  follow  in  the  wake  of  adventure. 
He  was  born  in  Montgomery,  county,  Kentucky,  in  the  year  1837.  His 
parents  removed  to  Missouri  in  1838,  and  he  attended  the  village  school. 
He  left  Missouri  in  1845  and  came  to  Oregon,  locating  in  Yamhill  county. 
When  the  Yakima  Indians  commenced  their  depredations  upon  the  white 
settlers  in  that  county,  yoimg  John  was  one  of  the  first  to  tender  his  Ser- 
vices and  joined  the  Oregon  volunteers,  under  command  of  Colonel  Oor^ie- 
lius;  he  did  good  service  until  the  suppression  of  that  troublesome  tribe 
Avas  accomplished,  when  he  returned  to  his  home.  In  1859  he  moved  to 
Wasco  coimty  and  remained  there  until  1861,  when  he  removed  to  Yamhill 
and  remained  till  1865,  at  which  time  he  changed  his  residence  to  Washing- 
ton county,  where  he  now  resides  and  is  engaged  in  the  healthful  and  inde- 
■  i^endent  business  of  farming  and  stock-raising.  Mr.  Sappington  was  elected 
Justice  of  the  Peace  in  Washington  county  in  1878,  and  was  elected  to  the 
House  of  Representatives  this  year  by  a  large  majority.  He  was  married  in 
1857  to  Miss  Lucinda  Laughlin. 

HON.    JOHN    LONG. 

This  gentleman  is  one  of  the  Representatives  from  Lane  county.  He  is 
of  very  j^leasing  address,  and,  in  his  social  relations,  is  the  embodiment  of 
courtesy.  In  personal  appearance,  Mr.  Long  is  more  fortunate  than  some 
of  his  colleagues.  He  is  six  feet  in  height,  and  weighs  180  pounds,  with  an 
elastic  frame,  and  a  pleasant,  though  penetrating,  blue  eye.  In  his  legisla- 
tive work  he  has  seemed  rather  to  devote  his  closest  attention  to  a  con- 
scientious study  of  the  merits  and  defects  of  the  measures  proposed  in  the 
House,  and  the  result  of  his  earnest  scrutiny  is  apparent  in  his  votes.  It  is 
safe  to  say  that  the  voting  record  of  Mr.  Long  is  as  consistent  as  any  ever 
made  in  the  halls  of  legislation  in  this  State.  He  does  not  express  himself 
much  in  debate,  but  the  quiet  influence  he  exerts  among  the  conservatives 


REPRESENTATIVE  MEN  OF  OREGON.         49 


of  his  party  is  {greater  than  many  members  give  him  credit  for.  He  was 
born  in  Bii tier  county,  Ohio,  the  grand  old  "Buckeye"  State  which  has 
given  the  nation  more  men  than  any  other  State  in  the  Union,  an  assei-tion 
wliicli  no  caviller  can  gainsay.  In  his  youth  he  lived  on  a  farm  with  liis 
parents,  attending  the  schools  of  the  vicinity.  He  went  to  Missouri  with 
his  parents  in  1859,  here  the  family  remained  for  a  number  of  years,  young 
John  being  enabled  to  o'otain  a  very  good  ordinary  education,  which  he  after- 
wards brought  to  a  very  high  degree  of  culture  by  his  own  exertions.  In  1870  he 
went  to  Dakota,  where  he  remained  two  years  teaching  school.  He  came  to 
Oregon  in  1872  and  located  in  Linn  county,  where  he  taught  school  until  1876, 
when  he  removed  to  Lane  county,  where  he  has  since  resided,  teaching 
school  and  being  engaged  in  the  lumber  business.  Mr.  Long  was  married 
in  i872  to  Miss  Annie  Johnson.  Although  the  position  which  Mr.  Long 
took  in  the  last  Seriatoiial  election  brought  upon  him  the  censure  of  some 
few  thoughtless  and  loud-talking  men,  yet  it  is  a  well-knowTi  fact,  which 
the  record  will  prove,  that  Mr.  Long's  action  throughout  that  bitter  fight 
was  strictly  consistent  and  highly  creditable  to  him.  He  is  an  ardent  Dem- 
ocrat and  represented  one  of  the  most  respectable  constituencies  in  the 
State  in  Lane  county.  For  one  long  week  Mr.  Long  voted  for  a  Democrat 
for  U.  S.  Senator,  and  understanding  full  \vell  that  it  was  impossible  for  a 
Democrat  to  be  elected,  he  chauged  his  vote  and  supported  that  Republican 
candidate  who  was  the  choice  of  two-thirds  of  the  Republican  party  and 
whom  he  believed  to  be  the  best  man  for  the  people — Hon.  J.  H.  Mitchell. 
In  taking  this  action  Mr.  Long  was  congratulated  by  every  right-thinking 
man,  and  the  criticisms  of  his  enemies  only  add  luster  to  his  good  name. 

HON.    Q.    P.    S.    PLUMMER. 

One  of  the  most  popxilar  men  in  the  Assembly  is  Dr.  Plummer.  His  cour- 
teous manner,  gentlemanly  instincts  and  generous  charity  for  the  mistakes 
and  shortcomings  of  others  has  rendered  him  an  object  of  sincere  respect 
to  all  with  whom  he  comes  in  contact.  His  speeches  on  special  subjects  are 
models;  they  are  fluent,  concise,  and  convey  the  impression  to  the  listener 
that  the  speaker  is  not  only  thoroughly  conversant  with  his  subject,  btit 
that  he  brings  to  a  consideration  of  the  question  under  discussion  a  vast 
amount  of  careful  study  and  conscientious  thought.  Dr.  Plummer  pos- 
sesses in  a  large  degree  the  peculiar  faculty  of  opposing  the  argument  of 
"  the  gentleman  on  the  other  side"  with  a  genial  and  happy  irony  that 
never  fails  to  please  even  the  member  whom  he  is  for  the  moment  opposing. 
It  seldom  occurs  that  he  employs  biting  sarcasm  or  withering  satire,  but 
the  fact  that  he  has  occasionally  dealt  trenchant  blows  indicate  that  he  is 
thoroughly  competent  to  use  them  eflectively.  He  is  one  of  the  two  who 
were  honored  with  a  re-election  from  Multnomah  county,  having  served  the 
people  faithfully  in  the  eleventh  session  of  the  Legislature.  As  a  conse- 
quence he  combines  experience  in  legislative  matters  \\ath  his  theoretical 
knowledge  of  the  business  of  the  office  he  occupies.  As  a  debater  and  par- 
liamentarian Dr.  Plummer  has  few  equals,  and  his  clear  perception  of  the 
merits  of  the  question  at  issue  has  on  several  occasions  rescued  the  House 


50  REPRESENTATIVE    MEN    OF    OREGON. 


from  parliamentary  difficulties.  He  was  born  iu  Greenville,  Mercer  county, 
Pennsylvania,  in  the  year  1886,  and  is  a  fine  and  pleasant-looking  gentleman 
with  a  clear  eye  and  full,  grayish  beard,  in  the  possession  of  the  very  best 
of  health,  physical  and  mental.  After  completing  his  preliminary  studies 
he  received  a  thorough  medical  education  and  graduated  from  the  cele- 
brated JetJerson  Medical  College  in  Philadelphia  at  the  age  of  twenty-one. 
He  resided  at  Rock  Island,  Illinois,  several  years,  and  during  the  first  two 
years  of  the  rebellion  rendered  the  Union  valuable  service  in  the  hospital 
and  telegraph  service  in  the  southwest.  In  1863  he  with  his  family  crossed 
the  plains  and  arrived  in  Portland  in  the  spring  of  1864,  where  he  has  since 
resided.  Immediately  after  his  arrival  Dr.  Plummer  was  tendered  the  posi- 
tion of  first  manager  of  the  telegraph  office  after  connection  with  San  Fran- 
cisco was  established.  He  continued  in  the  telegraph  service  about  ten 
years,  during  six  and  a  half  of  which  he  filled  the  important  position  of 
Superintendent  of  the  Third  or  Oregon  district.  As  a  surgeon  Dr.  Plummer 
established  an  enviable  reputation,  having  performed  many  very  difficult 
and  trying  operations,  with  remarkable  skill  and  good  judgment.  A^'ith  a 
dislike  for  the  every-day  cares  of  professional  life  and  having  a  taste  for 
business  pursTiits,  he  some  years  ago  launched  into  the  drug  business,  and 
became  the  head  of  the  well-known  firm  of  Plummer  &  Byerley,  of  Portland. 
The  Doctor  is  well  known  throughout  the  State,  and  he  secured  a  reputa- 
tion for  probity  and  business  sagacity  that  commands  him  the  respect  of 
the  business  community,  and  in  private  life  his  character  is  without  a 
blemish.  He  is  a  thorough  Republican,  firm  in  his  conclusions  and  un- 
flinching in  purpose. 


HON.    HENRY    L.    MARSTON 

Is  one  of  the  Representatives  of  Yamhill  county.  He  is  a  representative 
business  man  in  appearance,  in  action  and  in  standing.  Although  this  is 
his  first  experience  in  our  legislative  halls,  he  has  a  good  knowledge  of  de- 
liberative proceedings,  is  a  pleasing  and  polished  talker  and  is  blessed  with 
the  possession  of  good  judgment.  He  was  born  in  the  Pine-tree  State,  in 
the  year  1843,  and  lived  there  with  his  parents  until  he  was  eight  years  of 
age,  when  the  family  removeel  to  California  and  took  up  their  residence  in 
the  quiet  little  village  of  Centerville,  Alameda  county.  There  he  attended 
the  schools  for  a  period  of  five  years,  when  he  went  to  San  Leandro  and 
became  a  telegraph  operator  which  position  he  held  two  years,  and  then 
went  to  Oakland,  the  beautiful  little  sister  city  of  San  Francisco.  He  lived 
in  Oakland  some  time,  and  then  seeing  a  good  business  opening  he  started 
for  Portland  as  the  agent  of  the  Perkins  &  House  non-explosive  lamp.  In 
the  introduction  of  this  article  he  met  with  great  success,  and  was  enabled 
to  embark  in  an  extensive  grocery  business  on  corner  of  Third  and  Yamhill 
streets.  After  remaining  in  his  new  quarters  one  year,  he  went  to  Gaston, 
Washington  county,  Oregon,  thence  to  North  Yamhill,  and  finally  to  Carl- 
ton, in  the  same  county,  where  he  now  lives,  engaged  in  the  general  mer- 
chandise business,  and  honored  by  his  fellow-citizens  as  their  Representative 
in  the  House.    Mr.  Marstou  has  traveled  around  considerably,  and  wherever 


REPRESENTATIVE    MEN    OF    OREGON.  51 


he  has  lived  has  been  known  as  a  gentleman  of  reliability  and  t^haiactei-. 
He  was  married  to  Miss  Annie  Bond  in  the  year  18(i8, 


HON.    JAMES    N.    RICE. 

This  gentleman  is  one  of  the  Representatives  from  Linn  county.  He  was 
born  in  Campbell  county,  Tennessee,  on  the  17th  of  March,  in  the  year  1882. 
"When  quite  young  his  parents  moved  to  Missouri,  where  they  liv^d  on  a 
farm  until  the  year  1850.  Young  James  attended  school  a  certain  li umber 
of  months  in  each  year,  and  the  remaining  portion  of  his  time  was  spent  in 
assisting  his  father  with  the  farm  work,  so  we  find  him  in  the  year  1850, 
when  he  came  to  Oregon,  a  good  specimen  of  the  intelUgent,  sturdy,  self- 
confident  farmer  lad  of  the  West.  On  arriving  in  Oregon  he  took  up  a 
farm  in  Linn  county,  and  has  resided  there  si7ice,  happy  in  the  cultivation 
of  his  acres  and  the  presence  of  his  browsing  stock.  In  the  year  1857  Mr. 
Rice,  then  twenty-five  years  of  age,  was  married  to  Miss  Naccy  Rol)nett, 
and  they  have  now  nine  children  living  and  in  the  best  of  health.  He  vol- 
unteered his  services  in  the  years  1855  and  1856  in  the  Rogue  river  Indian 
war,  and  served  throughout  that  campaign  with  much  distinction,  receiving 
a  very  painful  and  severe  wound  at  the  battle  of  Little  Meadows,  by  being 
shot  through  both  thighs.  The  people  of  Linn  county  made  ;i  good  selec- 
tion when  they  sent  Mr.  Rice  to  the  House  of  Representatives,  and  he  has 
watched  their  interests  faithfully,  and  served  his  people  well. 


HON.  J.  H.  HAWLEY 
Is  one  of  the  Representatives  from  Polk  county.  He  is  a  tiue-looking  and 
warm-hearted  gentleman,  with  a  face  expressive  at  once  of  gentleness  and 
stability  of  character.  He  is  about  six  feet  tall  and  his  face  is  covered  with 
a  full  brownish  beard  intersprinkled  with  the  silvery  threads.  He  was  born 
in  Canada  in  the  year  1834,  and  when  yet  an  infant  his  parents  removed  to 
Michigan,  thence  to  Iowa,  from  which  place  they  went  to  Missouri.  They 
came  to  Oregon  m  18M  and  located  in  Yamhill  county,  where  yorag  John 
followed  the  plow  for  thirteen  years.  In  1857  he  removed  to  Polk  county, 
where  he  has  since  resided.  During  the  last  ten  years  he  has  been  engaged 
in  the  general  merchandise  business  at  Bethel.  He  was  elected  Justice  of 
the  Peace  in  1862,  and  served  in  that  office  six  years.  In  1857  he  was  mar- 
ried to  Miss  Eliza  Mulkey,  who  is  a  cousin  of  Mrs.  J.  N.  Dolph  and  of 
Prosecuting  Attorney  Mulkey,  of  Multnomah.  Mr.  Hawley  is  a  retiring 
and  unassuming  man,  and  although  he  says  very  little,  entertains  pro- 
nounced views  on  every  question  of  importance,  and  if  he  does  make  a  re- 
mark it  is  generally  "  the  right  word  in  the  right  place."  He  is  a  Repub- 
lican, of  good  party  standing. 

HON.    ARAD    OOMSTOOK    STANLEY. 
There  are  some  men  so  happily  constituted  that  with  nerves  of  steel  they 
can  watch  the  play  of  passion  as  it  flashes  through  the  actions  of  men   and 


52  REPRESENTATIVE    MEN    OF    OREGON. 


never  feel  its  niapuetic  iufluence  in  their  own  natures,  or,  if  they  do  pos- 
sess the  power,  having  the  inclination  to  suppress  every  evidence  of  the 
feelings  which  the  outside  influences  are  producing  upon  them.  The  ex- 
pression "a  looker-on  in  Vienna"  expresses  the  character  of  men  who  are 
thus  constituted,  and  as  far  as  the  display  of  unnecessary  excitement  is 
concerned,  are  cold,  impassible  spectators  only.  This  has  been  the  dispo- 
sition of  Mr.  Stanley  when  ti)e  House  chamber  rang  with  the  battle  cries 
of  passionate  combatants  in  the  arena  of  debate.  He  has  never  allowed  his 
prejudices  to  get  the  better  of  his  judgment,  and  has  been  thus  enabled  to 
view  all  sides  of  a  hotly-contested  question,  and  in  cool  deliberation  draw 
just  deductions  from  the  conflicting  arguments  advanced.  And  yet  he  is 
by  no  means  a  drone  in  the  hive.  He  does  not  stand  idly  by  while  others 
toil  and  spin.  He  is  ever  on  the  alert  for  an  opportunity  to  further  the 
interests  of  the  State  and  his  constituency,  and  with  earnestness  of  pur- 
pose and  sound  judgment  he  attends  to  his  duties  which,  notwithstanding 
the  fact  that  he  does  not  take  an  active  part  in  debate,  are  by  no  means 
light.  He  has  introduced  several  excellent  measures,  and  worked  hard  for 
their  passage.  He  was  born  in  Missouri  in  1835.  He  received  the  rudi- 
ments of  knowledge  in  the  village  school  and  afterwards  attended  Trenton 
Academy  in  Grundy  county.  After  completing  the  academic  course,  he 
studied  medicine  and  became  a  physician.  He  entered  upon  the  practice 
of  his  profession  in  Grundy  county  and  remained  there  four  years.  He  re- 
moved to  Nebraska  in  1862,  where  he  practiced  his  profession  two  years, 
when,  in  1864,  he  journeyed  to  the  "  Golden  State"  and  took  up  his  resi- 
dence in  the  beautiful  Sacramento  Valley,  and  he  purchased  a  farm  there, 
on  which  he  passed  tlie  time  ot  seven  yuaia  as  a  tiller  of  the  soil.  In  1875 
Mr.  Stanley  came  to  Oregon  and  located  in  Jackson  county,  where  he  has 
since  resided.  He  represented  that  good  old  Democratic  county  in  1880 
and  was  re-elected  a  member  of  the  present  session.  Altliongh  he  has  a 
large  and  valuable  farm  of  320  acres,  Mr.  Stanley  still  practices  his  profes- 
sion, and  he  is  recognized  as  one  of  the  most  reliable  physicians  in  Jackson 
county.  He  was  married  in  Missouri  in  1856  to  Miss  Sarah  Burns,  who 
lived  only  four  years  after  her  marriage,  and  in  1863  he  was  married  to  Miss 
Susan  Martin.  Mr.  Stanley  is  a  member  of  the  Committee  on  Corporations, 
and  an  active  member  of  several  special  committees. 


HON.  J.  G.  BLEAKNEY 
Is  one  of  the  Republican  Representatives  from  Marion,  and  is  fifty  years  of 
age.  He  is  one  of  the  men  who  has  battled  for  his  country,  and  who,  in  the 
perilous  discharge  of  his  duty  to  the  principles  he  held  paramount  to  his 
life,  has  willingly  sacrificed  his  heart's  blood,  and  such  a  man  is  entitled, 
not  only  to  the  respect  and  esteem,  but  to  the  deepest  gratitude  as  well,  of 
every  true  patriot  in  the  land.  The  man  who,  for  a  principle,  risks  life  and 
limb,  can  hold  his  head  high  among  the  proudest  of  his  fellow  men.  Hon. 
J.  G.  Bleakney  has  attained  this  proud  distinction,  he  battled  bravely  for 
the  preservation  of  this  union,  and  now  that  the  war  is  over,  he  can  have 
the  satisfaction  of  knowing  that  he  lives  in  the  esteem  of  his  countrymen. 


EEPRESENTATIVE  MEN  OF  OREGON.         53 

He  was  born  in  Indiana  county,  Penn.,  in  the  year  1832.  Received  a  limited 
education,  and  passed  his  younger  years  on  a  farm.  He  afterwards  learned 
the  trade  of  blacksmith  and  wagonmaker,  and  in  1856  removed  to  Illinois, 
where  he  settled  in  Henry  county,  and  farmed  until  the  breaking  out  of  the 
civil  war.  At  that  trying  period,  when  the  union  called  on  hex  faithful  sons 
to  preserve  her  inviolable,  young  John,  on  April  17,  1861,  enlisted  in  com- 
pany D,  Twelfth  Infantry  Illinois  Volunteers,  in  which  company  he  served 
tUl  August,  1861,  when  he  was  mustered  out  at  Cairo,  Illinois,  and  on  the 
same  day  re-enlisted  in  the  19th  regiment  lUiuois  Volunteers.  His  regi- 
ment was  assigned  to  a  place  in  the  army  of  the  Cumberland,  and  he  passed 
through  the  various  battles  from  Cairo  to  Atlanta,  under  General  Thomas. 
He  was  again  mastered  out  on  August  2i,  1864,  having  passed  through  thir- 
teen of  the  hardest  fought  battles  of  the  war.  He  immediately  returned  to 
his  home  in  Illinois,  and  took  up  once  more  the  rusty  plowshare.  He  was 
married  to  Miss  Mattie  Bellows  January  1,  1865.  In  1867  he  removed  to 
Jasper  county,  Iowa,  where  he  farmed  until  1870,  when  he,  with  his  family, 
came  to  Oregon  and  settled  in  Marion  county,  where  he  has  sj .  ice  lived. 
He  has  been  a  staunch  Republican  ever  since  the  birth  of  that  party,  hav- 
ing voted  for  J.  C.  Fremont  in  1856,  and  has  been  honored  himself  with 
several  offices  by  the  people  in  the  different  States  in  which  he  has  resided. 
Although  there  was  a  break  in  the  ranks  of  the  Republican  party  at  last 
election,  Mr.  Bleakney  was  elected  by  a  handsome  majority.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  Committees  on  Claims  and  several  special  committees.  He  has  al- 
ways been  an  ardent  temperance  man,  and  active  member  of  the  Good 
Templars  for  sixteen  years.  He  is  also  a  respected  member  of  order  of  Odd 
Fellows. 


HON.    BENJAMIN    F.    NICHOLS. 

It  would  be  base  ingratitude  were  I  not  to  make  brief  mention  of  this  ex- 
cellent gentleman.  A  tall,  commanding-looking  man,  with  long  and  silky 
hair  and  whiskers,  as  black  as  jet,  a  clear  blue  eye,  ijrominent  nose,  tine 
shoulders,  magnificent  physique  and  easy  carriage — he  walks  along  the 
streets  of  Salem  as  erect  as  an  arrow,  this  good-natured,  generous,  mirthful 
man  of  fifty-seven  summers.  He  was  born  in  Clay  covmty,  Missouri,  in 
1825.  He  received  the  education  awarded  by  the  common  schools  of  Clay 
county.  When  yet  a  boy,  he  worked  on  a  farm  in  Northwestern  Missouri, 
and  after  his  day's  work  was  finished  he  would  get  his  book,  seat  himself 
by  the  fireplace  and  study  hard  until  the  clock  announced  the  hour  of  bed 
time.  In  this  way  young  Benjamin  obtained  a  store  of  practical  knowledge 
that  fitted  him  for  the  responsible  positions  he  has  been  called  upon  to  fill  in 
after  life,  and  the  duties  of  which  he  has  discharged  in  a  way  that  reflected 
credit  upon  himself  and  made  for  him  a  large  circle  of  steadfast  friends.  He 
came  to  Oregon  in  1844,  and  wintered  at  Dr.  Whitman's  station,  near  Walla 
Walla,  the  next  year  moving  to  Oregon  City,  where  he  remained  three  or 
four  months,  and  in  1845  went  to  Dallas,  where  he  resided  until  1877,  most 
of  which  time  he  spent  in  farming.  He  was  the  first  sheriff  of  that  place 
under  the  pro^'isional  government,  and  afterwards,  when  the  territorial 


54         KEPRESENTATIVE  MEN  OF  OREGON. 

goveinment  was  organized,  he  was  re-elected  sheriff,  which  office  he  held 
four  years.  After  Oregou  was  admitted  as  a  State,  he  was  elected  county 
clerk  of  Polk  county,  which  office  he  held  one  term,  meantime  studying  law 
and  becoming  an  attorney.  In  1877  he  moved  to  Wasco  county,  from  which 
place  be  was  sent  as  a  Eepresentative  to  the  present  Legislature.  During 
the  present  exciting  senatorial  election,  it  was  sought  to  attempt  to  secure 
his  vote  for  a  certain  candidate  by  the  promise  of  a  large  amount  of  money, 
but  the  great  heart  of  the  man  throbbed  with  indignation,  and  he  forthwith 
made  public  the  base  proceeding,  and,  after  an  examination  and  investiga- 
tion before  a  special  committee  appointed  by  the  House,  his  course  was 
commended  as  that  of  a  high-minded  and  honorable  gentleman.  Mr. 
Nichols  was  married  in  1850  to  Miss  Sarah  Ann  Gilliam.  He  is  at  present 
a  practicing  attorney  in  Prineville. 


HON.    FRANK    A-    STEWART. 

Whatever  of  praise  may  be  due  to  the  man  who  has,  with  the  advantages 
of  a  collegiate  education  and  abundant  leisure  for  after  study,  risen  to  a 
position  jf  honor  and  trust  in  the  government  of  the  country,  we  must  re- 
cord still  greater  meed  of  praise  to  the  youth,  who,  without  those  advan- 
tages?, Lfis  struggled  with  the  waves  of  adversity,  and,  by  sheer  force  of 
ambition  and  native  integrity,  has  attained  an  education  and  elevated  him- 
self into  a  position  of  honor  by  the  suffrages  of  his  fellow  citizens.  The 
former  is  entitled  to  commendation  for  the  ripened  culture  of  the  mind^ 
while  on  the  latter  we  must  bestow  the  praise  due  to  force  of  character  and 
singleness  of  purpose.  The  Hon.  Frank  A.  Stewart  started  in  life  without 
any  of  these  advantages.  He  is  indebted  to  no  man  for  the  mental  gifts 
which  he  possesses,  and  the  degree  of  erudition  to  which  he  has  attained. 
He  is  a  plain-spoken  man,  thoroughly  independent  and  honest  in  his  deal- 
ings with  his  fellow  man.  Frank  was  bom  in  Gass  county,  Illinois,  in  1843, 
and  emigrated  to  Oregon  with  his  parents  in  1854,  and  in  that  same  year 
was  left  an  orphan  by  the  death  of  his  mother.  He  resided  from  1855  to 
1858  with  W.  C  Brown  at  Dallas,  Polk  county.  He  was  educated  at  Bel- 
passi,  Marion  county,  and  after  going  through  the  course  of  instruction  in 
the  schools,  became  a  professional  teacher,  which  calling  he  followed  for 
several  years.  He  went  to  Curry  county  in  186(),  and  has  resided  there  ever 
since.  He  was  for  ten  years  a  merchant  at  Ellensburg,  during  which  time 
he  established  a  reputation  for  probity  and  good  character  unblemished. 
During  his  varied  career  in  Oregon,  Mr.  Stewart  has  also  been  engaged  in 
salmon  Ashing,  mining,  lumbering,  etc.  He  has  also  been  a  contributor  to 
many  of  our  leading  journals,  and  his  articles  and  poems  have  been  very 
widely  copied.  At  present  he  is  residing  on  a  stock  farm  at  his  home  in 
Curry  county,  and  is  engaged  in  the  occupation  of  stock-raising  and  raining. 


IDistirLguLislneci   Is/Leici. 


JAMES    BOYCE    MONTGOMERY 

Of  Portland,  Oregon,  was  born  at  Montgomerv's  Ferry,  on  the  Susque- 
hanna, twenty-five  miles  above  Harrisburg,  the  capital  of  Pennsylvania, 
on  the  6th  of  December,  1832.  His  educational  training  was  conducted 
under  the  supervision  of  his  uncle,  Henry  C.  Moorhead,  a  lawyer  of  emi- 
nence and  learning,  until  James  was  sixteen  years  of  age.  He  was  then 
sent  to  Philadelphia  to  learn  the  "  art  preservative  of  all  arts,"  and  remained 
in  the  office  of  the  "Evening  Bulletin"  three  years  on  the  case  and  as  proof 
reader.  In  the  year  1853  he  was  tendered  the  position  of  associate  editor 
of  the  Sandusky  (Ohio)  "Daily  Eegister"  by  Gov.  Henry  D.  Cooke.  Young 
Montgomery  was  then  but  twenty  years  of  age,  and  he  discharged  his  duties 
in  such  a  manner  that  in  the  following  year  he  was  afforded  a  much  better 
opportunity  for  the  display  of  his  ability  as  a  journalist,  he  then  becoming 
one  of  the  editors  and  proprietors  of  the  Pittsburgh  "  Morning  Post."  He 
retained  his  connection  with  this  paper  for  three  years,  and  in  1857  disposed 
of  his  interest  to  Gen.  -James  P.  Barr,  who  is  still  the  sole  proprietor.  Just 
about  this  time  Col.  John  W.  Forney  started  the  Philadelphia  "  Press,"  and 
he  secured  the  services  of  Mr.  Montgomery  as  the  Harrisburg  correspond- 
ent of  that  paper,  a  position  which  he  accepted  for  one  year.  In  1858  Mr. 
Montgomery  threw  aside  his  pen  and  sought  a  new  and  widely  diirerent 
field  for  his  energies.  It  was  about  this  time  that  railroad  construction 
became  a  profession  with  many  men  whose  strength  of  Avill,  self-confidence 
and  equanimity  of  purpose  enabled  them  to  overcome  what  appeared  to 
others  to  be  insurmountable  obstacles.  Mr.  Montgomery,  having  deter- 
mined to  try  this  line  of  business,  with  that  cool  deliberation  characteristic 
of  the  man  of  iron  will,  went  straight  ahead,  and  in  the  same  year  secured, 
together  with  two  other  gentlemen,  a  contract  to  build  a  bridge  across  the 
Susquehannah  river  at  Linden,  Penn.,  for  the  Philadelphia  and  Erie  Rail- 
road Company.  The  contract  was  completed  most  successfully,  and  he 
afterwards  helped  to  finish  other  portions  of  the  same  road,  becoming  one 
of  its  directors  in  1866  and  remaining  as  such  until  the  latter  portion  of 
1869.  Mr.  Montgomery  was  awarded  the  contract  to  build  the  Bedford  and 
Hopewell  railroad  in  1859,  and  in  1861,  in  connection  with  Captain  Wm. 
Lowther,  of  Newport,  Pennsylvania,  he  undertook  to  build  the  Nesque- 
houing  Valley  railroad,  but  the  breaking  out  of  the  great  rebellion  neces- 
sitated a  suspension  of  work  for  the  time,  and  he  afterwards  helped  to  com- 
plete the  road  in  1868-9.  In  1866  he  built  the  wire  bridge,  1,000  feet  long, 
across  the  Susquehanna  river,  at  Williamsport,  Pennsylvania.  Mr.  Mont- 
gomery came  to  the  Pacific  coast  in  1870  and  to  Portland  in  1871.  Im- 
mediately  on   his   arrival  he  offered  to  build  the   first  twenty-five  miles 


56         REPRESENTATIVE  MEN  OF  OREGON. 


of  the  Pacific  division  of  the  Northern  Pacific  railroad,  and  being  the 
lowest  of  sixteen  bidders,  the  contract  was  awarded  to  him.     He  subse- 
quently built  fifty  miles  additional  of  the  same  road,  and  also  the  draw- 
bridge across  the  Willamette  at  Harrisburg,  Oregon,  for  the  Oregon  and 
CaUfornia  railroad.     Mr.  Montgomery  was  also  one  of  the  owners  of  the 
charter  of  the  Baltimore  and  Potomac  railroad,  and  in  connection  with 
Thomas  A.  Scott,  George  W.  Cass,  .Joseph  D.  Potts  and  J.  Donald  Cameron, 
succeeded  in   making  arrangements  for  the  completion  of  this  most  im- 
portant highway  between  Baltimore  and  Washington  City,  and  in  186G  and 
1867  he  was  interested  with  Shoemaker,  Miller  &  Co.  in  the  completion  of 
400  miles  of  the  Kansas-Pacific  railroad  extending  into  Denver.     As  an  in- 
stance of  Mr.  Montsromery's  energetic  character  and  as  an  illustration  of 
his  enterprise,  it  will  not  be  out  of  place  to  mention  the  following  incident: 
In  1879  he  went  to  Great  Britain  for  the  purpose  of  organizing  the  Ore- 
gonian  Railway  Company  (Limited),  which  built  and  acquired  103  miles  of 
railroad  in  Willamette  valley,  and  of  which  he  himself  constructed  seventy- 
eight  miles,  and  in  which  he  is  the  largest  stockholder.     On  his  trip  across 
the  ocean  Mr.  Montgomery  formed  the  acquaintance  on  board  the  steamer 
Bothnia  of  Captain  Gilmore.     Captain  Gilmore  informed  Mr.  Montgomery 
that  he  was  on  his  way  to  Cardiff  to  bring  out  the  ship  Edwin  Reed,  which 
was  laden    with  railroad  material   destined  for  Portland,   Oregon.     Mr. 
Montgomery  told  Captain  Gilmore  that  he  himself  was  on  the  way  to  Eng- 
land for  the  purpose  of  organizing  a  company  to  construct  a  railroad  in  the 
Willamette  valley.     When  Mr.  Montgomery  arrived  in  Great  Britain  he 
succeeded  in  organizing  the  company,  and  then  proceeded  to  Stocktou-ou- 
the-Tees  and  contracted  for  the  manufacture  of  rails,  and  then  went  to 
London  and  chartered  ships,  which  sailed  six  weeks  after  the  departure  of 
the  Edwin  Reed,  Captain  Gilmore.     Mr.  Montgomery  left  by  steamer  for 
New  York,  bough<^  in  Philadelpliia  and  Pittsburgh  the  necessary  ears  and 
locomotives  for  the  road,  which  were  shipped  overland,  and  then  started  for 
Oregon.    On  arriving  he  immediately  put  surveyors  in  the  field  and  pro- 
ceeded to  the  construction  of  the  road.     When  Captain  Gilmore  arrived 
some  time  after  he  sought  an  interview  with  Mr.  Montgomery,  and  to  his 
surprise  learned  that  not  only  had  Mr.  Montgomery's  material  arrived,  but 
that  fifty  miles  of  the  track  had  already  been  laid.     Although  this  feat  of 
rapid  railroad  construction  may  seem  somewhat  remarkable  to  the  reader, 
it  is  only  fair  to  say  of  Captain  Gilmore  that  his  ship's  cargo  had  shifted 
and  he  was  compelled  to  put  into  Rio  for  the  purpose  of  rearranging  it.     In 
the  year  1872,  when  the  general  government  undertook  the  removal  of  ob- 
structions in  the  upper  Columbia— noticeably  the  troublesome  John  Day 
Rock,  in  John  Day  rapid,  which  was  170  feet  long  and  80  feet  wide,  and  on 
which  many  a  good  steamer  had  been  wrecked — it  was  Mr.  Montgomery 
who  received  the  contract  to  perform  the  difficult  work.     Theoper;ition  was 
a  dangerous  one— much  more  so  than  that  of  the  celebrated  Blossom  Rock 
in  San  Francisco  harbor,  which  received  such  world-wide  comment,  and  the 
work  was  accomplished  wdthout  the  loss  of  a  single  life  and  so  successfully 
that  Mr.  Montgomery  received  many  other  contracts  for  the  removal  of 


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smaller  obstructions  iu  the  rapids  of  the  Snake  and  Columbia  rivers.  Of 
the  enterprises  iu  which  Mr.  M.  has  been  lately  engaged,  the  building 
of  Montgomery  warehouse  at  Albina,  which  is  the  largest  private  dock 
in  Portland,  is  probably  the  most  important.  In  the  year  18fil  Mr.  Mont- 
gomery was  married  to  Miss  Rachel  Anthony,  daughter  of  Hon.  Joseph  B. 
.\nthony,  of  Lycoming  county,  Pennsylvania.  This  lady  died  iu  18fi;3,  leav- 
ing one  son;  he  was  again  married  iu  1S6G  to  Miss  Mary  Phelps,  only 
daughter  of  Gov.  John  S.  Phelps,  of  Missouri.  In  politics,  although  Mr. 
Montgomery  is  a  staunch  Republican,  he  has  never  held  public  office.  He 
was  elected  a  delegate  from  Lycoming  to  represent  the  Republicans  of  that 
county  in  the  Pennsylvania  Republican  State  Convention  in  the  years  1860, 
1867  and  1868.  In  1866  he  was  on  the  Committee  on  Resolutions,  and  to- 
gether with  Thadeus  Stevens,  Wayne  MacVeagh  and  others,  reported  a 
resolution  recommending  the  nomination  of  Ulysses  S.  Grant  for  President. 
This  was  the  first  State  Convention  that  presented  the  name  of  that  illus- 
tnous  soldier  for  the  position  of  Chief  Magistrate  of  the  Reijublic.  Now, 
patient  reader,  in  closing  this  brief  biography  of  a  gentleman  of  whom  we 
would  be  pleased  to  write  a  volume,  we  would  simply  say  that  we  have  not, 
even  in  what  we  have  written,  been  able  to  do  him  half  justice.  He  is  sed- 
ulously reticent  as  to  his  personal  history,  his  many  successes  and  his  bril- 
liant associations,  hence  the  few  facts  which  we  have  been  able  to  gather 
regarding  him  are  to  us  a  small  portion  of  the  open  record,  and  while  it 
would  afford  us  great  pleasure,  and  we  entertain  the  hope  that  we  may 
some  time  be  able,  to  do  Mr.  Montgomery  justice  in  a  more  complete  biog- 
rapliy,  we  must  for  the  present  remain  satisfied  in  presenting  this  very  in- 
complete sketch. 

HON.  ASAHEL  BUSH. 
The  name  that  heads  this  sketch  is  one  well  known  throughout  Oregon. 
He  who  bears  it  is  now  well  nigh  three  score  years  of  age,  but  he  apperrs 
much  younger  and  is  possessed  of  a  greater  degree  of  vim  and  energy  than 
is  ordinarily  displayed  by  men  of  younger  years.  His  career  has,  indeed, 
been  an  interesting  one,  and  to  enumerate  even  the  more  prominent  events 
of  his  life,  and  to  do  justice  to  his  energy  and  enterprise  in  one  brief  sketch 
would  be  impossible,  as  it  would  occupy  more  space  than  we  can  spare  in 
our  little  volume.  Mr.  Bush  was  born  in  Hampden  county,  Mass.,  in  1824, 
and  received  an  academic  course  of  instruction  in  the  institution  of  learn 
ing  in  his  native  village.  About  1840  he  went  to  Saratoga  Springs,  New 
York,  and  commenced  learning  the  printer's  trade,  servuig  a  regular  three 
years'  apprenticeship  in  the  "  Sentinel"  office  of  that  city.  He  held  a  case 
on  the  State  work  in  Albany  in  1845,  and  in  his  day  was  considered  an  ex- 
pert and  remarkably  correct  compositor.  He  returned  to  his  native  town 
in  1846  and  commenced  reading  law,  studying  leisurely  until  June,  18.50, 
when  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  at  Springfield.  During  the  time  he  was 
studying  law,  he  for  nearly  two  years  edited  a  weekly  [.apn-  in  the  village, 
and  was,  for  some  time,  town  clerk,  a  position  of  mncli  honor  and  distinc- 
tion in  that  early  day,  when  the  citizens  of  a  town  oi-  borough  in  mass-meet- 


58  REPRESENTATIVE    MEN    OF    OREGON. 

inj?  asseml)led  made  the  laws  that  governed  them.  He  took  the  western 
fever  in  1850  and  started  for  Oregon,  reaching  Portland  in  September  of  the 
same  year,  and  in  the  spring  of  1851  issued  the  first  copy  of  the  Oregon 
"  Statesman"  at  Oregon  City.  Tt  was  not  until  1853  that  the  paper  was 
moved  to  Salem,  and  Mr.  Bush  continued  as  its  editor  until  1860.  As  a 
journalist,  Mr.  Bush  has  few  equals  and  no  superiors  on  the  northwest 
coast.  His  editorials  were  extensively  copied,  and  wielded  a  powerful  in- 
ilueuce,  and  are  often  quoted  even  at  this  late  day.  He  was  a  pungent 
writer,  indulging  freely  in  cutting  sarcasm  and  criticism,  and  the  paper  was 
largely  sought  after  and  of  great  political  influence  while  under  his  edi- 
torial management.  He  was  Chief  Clerk  of  the  House  of  Representatives 
in  the  session  of  1850  1,  which  was  held  in  Oregon  City,  and  was  Territorial 
Printer  from  1851  to  1859,  at  which  time  Oregon  was  admitted  to  the  Union, 
and  State  Printer  from  that  time  until  1863.  In  this  office  Mr.  Bush,  by 
careful  management,  succeeded  in  saving  some  money,  with  which,  after 
disposing  of  the  "  Statesman,"  he  became  a  silent  partner  in  the  merchan- 
dising establishment  of  L.  Heath  &  Co.,  at  Salem.  In  1868  he  associated 
himself  with  Hon.  W.  S.  Ladd,  of  Portland,  and  established  the  banking 
house  of  Ladd  &  Bush,  with  which  he  is  still  connected,  and  of  which  he  is 
the  resident  manager.  He  is  also  President  of  the  Salem  Flouring  Mills 
Company  and  the  Oregon  City  Flouring  Mills  Company,  both  of  which  are 
important  business  enterprises  in  our  midst.  As  a  financier,  Mr.  Bush  is 
considered  very  successful,  and  understands  thoroughly  the  art  of  making 
money.  He  is  gifted  with  an  active  mind  and  unusual  power  of  forethought. 
He  is  quick  to  detect  an  advantage,  and,  while  willing  to  indulge  in  risks  to 
a  certain  degree,  is  nevertheless  endowed  with  sufficient  cautionary  facul- 
ties to  insure  him  against  serious  loss  in  any  business  transaction.  He  is 
apt  to  want  his  own,  and  has  his  enemies  as  a  natural  consequence,  but  he 
fears  no  man,  and  is  considered  strictly  honest  and  honorable  in  his  trans- 
actions. When  properly  approached,  Mr.  Bush  is  lil)eral  hearted  and  gives 
freely  of  his  abundance.  He  is  somewhat  peculiar,  however,  and  is  strong 
in  his  likes  and  dislikes.  He  never  forgets  a  friend  and  rarely  forgives  one 
who  has  knowingly  and  purposely  done  him  an  injury.  He  has  done  much 
towards  improving  Salem,  and  when  not  directly  opposed  to  his  business 
interests,  he  never  refuses  to  contribute  to  its  advancement.  He  is  by  some 
considered  cold  and  austere,  but  what  little  he  possesses  of  these  traits  were 
born  and  bred  in  him,  as  he  is  not  given  to  affectation.  His  life  has  not 
been  all  sunshine  by  any  means,  and  during  late  years  he  has  been  more  or 
less  wrapped  up  in  his  own  family.  He  has  a  warm  heart,  however,  for 
those  who  reach  it,  and  those  who  know  him  are  enthusiastic  in  his  praise. 
His  enemies,  and  he  who  has  no  enemies  does  not  amount  to  much,  can 
never  harm  him.  He  is  impregnable  to  their  abuse  and  cares  less  for  it 
than  do  his  friends,  who  oft  times  realize  the  abuse  is  unjust  and  unmer- 
ited. He  is  rather  tall,  of  light  build,  a  quick,  nervous  disposition,  a  glit- 
tering eye,  which,  at  times,  fairly  twinkles  with  merriment,  for  he  appre- 
ciates a  joke  most  thoroughly,  bristling  brown  hair,  deeply  tinged  with 
gray,  and  full  chin  whiskers  and  short  mustache.     His  life  is  more  or  less 


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seehisive,  although  his  intimate  friends  will  ever  find  a  cordial  receiitiou  at 
his  home,  and  as  a  host  Mr.  Bnsh  has  few  superiors.  His  wife  having  died 
in  I860,  the  care  of  his  home  falls  upon  his  daughter.  Before  closing 
this  sketch  Ave  would  do  him  an  injustice  were  we  to  omit  mention 
of  his  successful  incumbency  of  the  office  of  Superintendent  of  the  Oregon 
Penitentiary  during  the  past  four  years,  under  ai)pointmeut  of  Oov.  Thayer. 
His  supervision  of  the  institution  has  been  marked  with  a  sjuritof  ecniomy 
rarely  evinced  in  the  management  of  public  institutions.  His  first  two 
years'  services  were  donated  to  the  State,  and  at  his  own  request  the  salary 
for  the  ensuing  two  years  was  reduced  from  Sl,800  to  $800  per  annum.  In 
all  matters  of  public  or  private  life  Mr.  Bush  has  won  the  confidence  and 
esteem  of  all  who  know  him,  and  by  his  integrity  in  business  matters  he 
will  continue  to  hold  the  same  as  long  as  he  may  i-emain  among  us. 


GEORGE    C.    SEARS, 
The  present  efficient  Sheriff  of  Multnomah  ct)uuty,  is   a  man  who  stands 
high   among  his  constituents   and  is  the  fortunate  possessor  of  a  host  of 
warm  personal  friends,  who  in  their  admiration  of  his  numerous  sterling- 
qualities  would  make  almost  any  sacrifice  to  enhance  his  success.     He  was 
born  -within   the   rock-bound  borders  of  the  Granite  State,  Vermont,  near 
Richford,  in  the  year  1842.     His  father,  Hon.  Aldeu  Sears,  was  a  prominent 
man  in  the  political  and  trade  circles  of  Northern  Vermont.     He  emigrated 
with  his  family  to  California  in  1850.     George  struck  out  for  himself  at  an 
early   age,   clerking  in  various  stores  in  ColumVna,   California,  until    he 
was   about  seventeen    years  of  age,  when   he    accumulated    his    savings 
and  with  them  paid  his  college  expenses  during  a  four-years"  course  at  Oak- 
land.    At  the  breaking  out  of  the  civil  war  in  18(31  Mr.  Sears  enlisted  and 
served  until  the  close  of  the  war  and  was  mustered  out  of  service  with  the 
rank  of  a  First  Lieutenant.     He  afterwards  engaged  in  the  mercantile  busi- 
ness in  Contra  Costa  county,  California,  under  the  firm  name  of  Pennemau 
k  Sears,  where  they  transacted  a  heavy  business  for  several  years.     He  dis- 
posed of  his  interest  in  that  business  and  moved  to  Santa  Cruz,  where  he 
erected  a  saw-mill  and  conducted  the  same  for  a  few  years,  when  he  sold  out 
and  engaged  in  the  cattle  business,  which  he  carried  on  extensively.    Owing 
to  a  heavy  and  long-continued  drouth  he  disposed  of  his  stock  and  came  to 
negon  and  located  in  Portland,  purchasing  a  half  inteiest'in  C.  M.  Martin's 
„i-ocery  establishment,  in  which  business  he  continued  about  two  years.     He 
then  bought  the  Dexter  Livery  Stable  and  continued  in  that  business  until 
he  was  elected  Assessor  in  1878.     In  this  position  he  gained  many   warm 
friends  and  made  some  bitter  enemies,  owing  to  his  unswerving  fairness  in 
assessing  property,  which  duty  he  performed  without  fear  or  favor,  with  an 
honesty  of  purpose  that  gained  him  hosts  of  enthusiastic  admirers.     As  a 
recognition  of  his   services  he  was  unanimously  renominated  and  was  re- 
elected by  the  largest  majority   any  candidate  ever  received  prior  to  that 
date  in  Multnomah  county,  leading  his  ticket  by  several  hundred  votes.    In 
1882  he  was  elected  Sheriff  of  that  county  by  nearly  one  thoiisand  majority, 
the  largest  by  far  that  any  candidate  for  Sheriff  had  ever  received  in  that 


60         REPRESENTATIVE  MEN  OF  OREGON. 

county.  He  is  discharging-  the  duties  of  that  office  with  his  characteristic 
energy  and  ability,  and  in  his  prompt  execution  of  the  law  is  meeting  with 
the  approbation  of  all  good  citizens.  Mr.  Sears  is  a  member  of  nearly  all 
the  secret  benevolent  organizations,  and  has  held  high  offices  in  all  of  them. 
He  was  the  Freat  Sachem  of  the  Improved  Order  of  Red  Men  of  the  State 
of  Oregon;  Secretary  of  Harmony  Lodge  of  Masons,  and  is  at  this  time 
Post  Commander  of  George  Wright  Post  No.  1,  Grand  Army  of  the  Repub- 
lic; D.  D.  Grand  Chancelor  Knights  of  Pythias;  Treasurer  of  Mount  Hood 
A.  O.  O.  Forresters;  Treasurer  of  the  Portland  Fire  Department;  President 
of  Tiger  Engine  Company  No.  5,  and  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Portland 
Fire  Delegates.  At  the  time  of  the'  last  Indian  war  in  Eastern  Oregon, 
when  the  call  was  made  for  volunteers,  Mr.  Sears  enlisted  a  company  of  one 
himdred  men  and  was  elected  captain.  Governor  Chadwick  accepted  his 
company  and  ordered  f  hem  to  the  held,  but  owing  to  the  Government  being 
unable  to  furnish  arms  for  the  men  they  could  not  be  used,  but  they  cer- 
tainly deserve  the  same  credit  that  they  would  had  they  gone,  as  they 
showed  themselves  ready  and  willing  to  do  all  in  their  power  to  assist  the 
people  in  their  great  distress.  As  a  politician  he  is,  from  his  having  so  many 
personal  friends,  a  very  strong  man  in  his  party,  is  a  good  j^olitical  manager, 
an  honorable  politician,  and  we  can  truly  say  that  George  C.  Sears,  as  a 
politician  or  a  social  friend,  is  a  man  whom  any  person  might  well  be  proud 
to  claim.  He  is  a  fine-looking  gentleman,  of  a  httle  more  than  ordinary 
height,  well  proportioned,  with  pleasant  features.  He  Avears  a  full  beard 
and  mustache  of  light  brown,  and  his  large  eyes  of  browTi  beam  kindly  on 
aU  vnth  whom  he  comes  in  contact.  He  is  a  hail  fellow  well  met,  and  is  the 
very  personification  of  geniality  and  good  humor.  He  is  noted  for  his  lib- 
erality, and  his  purse-strings  are  always  loosened  when  an  appeal  reaches 
him  from  a  worthy  source.  He  was  married  in  1864  to  Miss  Jennie  M.  Al- 
drich,  of  Oakland,  California,  their  family  consisting  of  three  girls  and  one 
boy.  With  Mr.  Sears'  well  established  personal  populaiity,  and  the  esteem 
in  which  he  is  held  by  constituents  who  are  not  even  acquainted  with  him, 
but  who  have  full  confidence  in  his  official  integrity  and  efficiency,  it  is  diffi- 
cult to  form  even  a  prophesy  as  to  the  probable  brilliancy  of  his  future 
career. 


HON.  LOYAL  B.  STEARNS, 
Now  County  Judge  of  Multnomah  county,  is  another  one  of  our  young  men 
whom  by  rights  should  be  classed  among  the  earlier  Oregonians,  ha\-ing  ar- 
rived here  in  1853,  the  year  of  his  birth,  which  important  event  in  his  life 
took  place  at  Keeue,  N.  H.,  in  May  of  that  year.  Arriving  in  Oregon,  his 
parents  settled  near  Scottsburg,  where  they  still  reside.  The  subject  of  our 
sketch  attended  the  public  schools  of  that  section  of  the  country  imtil 
1868-9,  when  he  attended  the  Umpqua  Academy,  and  in  1871-2  he  was  a 
student  at  the  Bishop  Scott  Grammar  School  in  Portland.  During  the 
years  1872-3  he  studied  medicine  under  Dr.  W.  H.  Watkins  of  Poitlaud,  and 
attended  one  course  of  lectures  at  the  Willamette  University  of  Salem.  He 
abandoned  the  study  of  medicine,  nowever,  and  in  1873  commenced  reading 


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law  under  ex-Governor  A.  C.  Gibbs,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  the  Su- 
preme Court  in  December,  1876,  and  afterwards  went  into  partnershij) 
with  Governor  Gihbs,  remaining  with  him  about  a  year.  He  then  opened 
an  office  and  practiced  alone  for  about  a  year,  and  in  January,  1879,  he  was 
appointed  Police  Judge  of  the  city  of  Portland,  and  having  been  re-elected 
he  held  that  responsible  position  for  some  three  years  and  a  half.  In  the 
discharge  of  his  official  duties  in  that  capacity  he  never  failed  to  give  satis- 
faction to  all  lovers  of  law  and  order,  while  at  the  same  time  it  cannot  be 
said  that  lie  failed  to  temper  justice  with  mercy.  He  was  prompt  and  effi- 
cient on  the  bench,  and  adtled  dignity  and  precision  to  the  sessions  of  a 
court  wherein  some  of  our  moat  hardened  criminals  are  arraigned  and  ex- 
amined prior  to  their  appearance  in  the  courts  above.  His  re-election  was 
a  flattering  endorsf^ment  of  his  official  acts  as  Police  Judge,  and  while 
serving  in  that  capacity  he  won  the  admiration  and  esteem  of  not  o7ily  the 
members  of  the  bar,  but  of  the  public  generally,  who  felt  a  great  degree  of 
confidence  and  security  in  the  integrity  and  faithfulness  of  the  judicial  offi- 
cer who  first  presided  over  the  trials  of  the  desperadoes,  then  so  numerous 
in  that  city.  Upon  his  resignation  a4;  the  close  of  his  term  he  was  elected 
City  Attorney,  which  position  he  filled  until  June,  1882,  when  he  was  elected 
County  Judge  of  Multnomah  county,  which  imi^ortant  position  he  still  oc- 
cupies and  is  filling  in  a  matter  highly  satisfactory  to  the  tax-payers  of  that 
county,  observing  the  established  rules  of  economy  without  practicing  those 
little  schemes  of  parsimony  so  prevelent  on  this  coast  in  county  affairs.  In 
1878  Judge  Stearns  was  elected  a  member  of  the  House  from  Multnomah 
county,  and  as  such  served  his  constituency  faithfully,  watching  carefully 
the  interests  of  Multnomah  county  and  the  State  at  large.  He  served  on 
several  of  the  most  important  committees  and  proved  an  important  factor 
in  that  organization.  He  is  a  well-built  and  well-preserved,  rather  short 
and  heavy  built,  with  features  of  a  pleasant  cast,  a  winning  smile,  expansive 
forehead,  heavy  mustache  and  brown  hair.  He  is  at  present  unmar- 
ried, but  with  him  it  is  a  case  of  "Barkis  is  willin',"  and  he  is  considered 
a  ladies'  man. 


GEORGE    H.    HIMES, 

Oldest  son  of  Tyrus  and  Emeliue  Himes,  whose  progenitors  were  Puritans, 
coming  from  England  to  America  in  about  1670,  and  oldest  of  eight  chil- 
dren, was  born  in  Troy,  Bradford  county,Pa.,May  18, 1844,  and  removed  with 
his  parents  to  Lafayette,  Stark  county,  Illinois,  in  May,  1847.  Began 
school  in  same  town  at  age  of  five,  continued  three  to  six  months  a  year  until 
March  21,  1853,  when  with  parents  he  began  the  journey  across  the  pLiins. 
Walked  most  of  the  way.  Reached  destination,  Olympia,  Washington  Ter- 
ritory, October  21,  1853,  by  the  way  of  Nachess  pass,  leaving  the  old  emi- 
grant ^'oad  at  or  near  the  present  town  of  Pendleton — a  perilous  journey, 
full  of  narrow  escapes  from  floods,  starvation  and  Indians.  Attended  three 
months  country  school  taught  by  a  "  boarding-around"  school  master,  each 
year  from  1854  to  1858.  In  October  1855,  with  his  parents  was  compelled 
to  flee  from  home  on  accoimt  of  Indians,  and  remain  in  forts  until  late  in 


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the  fall  of  185(3.    Stood  frxunCx  many  times,  and  though  youthful,  felt  him-  j 
..elf  t.i  be  a  valiant  home  guard;     He  spent  the  )-emainder  of  the  time  at 
various  farm  occupations,  such  as  chopping,  rail  splitting,  ditching,  plow- 
ing, harvesting,  etc.-especial  choice  of  work  chopping-until  June  10, 1861. 
Then  he  began  learning  the  printing  trade  in  Olympia,  W.  T.,  in  the  office 
,.f  the  Washington  "  Standard,"  John  Miller  Murphy  editor  and  proprietor. 
Remained  in  that  office  until  March  10,  ISM,  when  he  practically  left  home 
f„r  the  first  time,  and  started  March  11  for  Portland,  Oregon,   arriving 
March  12.     Inasmuch  as  he  felt  that  all  moneys  earned  during  his  minoiity 
belonged  rightfully  to  his  parents,  especially  as  they  liad  hard  struggles, 
owing  to  misfortunes  on  the  plains,  and  afterwards  loss  of  property  by  In- 
dians, upon  arriving  in  Portland  he  had  ^2  in  his  pocket.     On  March  l.Sth 
lie  began  work  as  compositor  on  ti-e  Daily  Morning  "Oregonian,"  continuing 
there  until  September  20,  1864,  when  the  proprietor  of  the  "  Oregonian," 
then  State  Printer,  telegraphed  him  to  go  to  the  capital.  Here  he  remained 
employed  on  State  work  until  the  Legislature  adjourned.     He  then  re- 
sumed labor  on  the  Daily  "  Oregonian,"  and  continued  until  June  3,  186.5. 
On  June  26,  same  year,  being  tired  of  monotonous  round  of  duties  belong- 
ing to  the  life  of  a  compositor  on  a  morning  news|japer,  he  apprenticed  him- 
self to  W.  D.  Carter,  a  job  printer,  for  one  year,  at  the  expiration  of  which 
time  he  emerged  a  full-fledged  journeyman  job  printer,  and  continued  in 
Carter's  employ  until  October  5,  1868.     He  then  formed  a  partnership  with 
his  employer  to  carry  on  the  jol)  printing  business.     He  remained  in  part- 
nership until  April,  1870,  since 'which  time  he  has  conducted  the  business 
alone.    He  published  a  small  four-page  paper  in  1869  for  about  four  mouths 
calk  d  the  "  News  Budget."    It  not  proving  a  financial  success  it  was  aban- 
doned.    In  June,  1873,  he  bought  the  "  Commercial  Reporter,"  published 
it  for  seven  mouths  and  sold  it,  not  having  the  necessary  time  to  devote  to 
it,  owing  to  the  demands  of  his  jobliiug  business  upon  him  in  that  respect. 
He  was  one  of  the  proprietors  of  the  Daily  "Bee,"  which  began  its  career 
in  November,  1875,  and  remained  so  conutcied  for  one  year.     Not  having 
full  control  of  the  paper  he  withd  •  w  from  it,  and  since  has  had  no  interest  in 
newspapers.    Brought  the  second  cylinder  press  to  the  State  in  1871,  that 
of  the  Daily  "Oregonian"  being  the  first,  and  was  the  first  in  Oregon  to  use 
steam  in  driving  job  printing  machinery.     Has  always  kept  rather  in  ad- 
vance of  the  times  in  providing  himself  with  facilities  for  doing  the  best 
grades  of  job  printing,  and  now  has  twenty-five  employes  on  his  weekly 
pay  roll.     Has  published  numerous  books  on  his  own  account,  the  ninth 
volume  of  Reports  of  the  Oregon  Supreme  Court  being  the  largest  and  most 
important.     At  the  age  of  twenty-two  years  and  seven  months,  he  was  mar- 
ried to  Miss  Anna  F.  Riggs,  youngest  daughter  of  D.  L.  Rigg,  of  Salem, 
Oregon,  by  Rev.  O.  Dickinson,  on  December  24,  1866,    She  was  bom  in 
New  Ha\en,  Connecticut.     She,  also,  descended  from  Puritan  stock.     At 
the  age  of  fourteen  he  united  with  the  what  is  known  as  the  Christian  or 
Disciple  church.    Internal  discussions,  caused  by  political  differences,  de- 
stroyed the  organization  in  1863.    In  March,  lo07,  he  and  his  wife  became 
members  of  the  First  Congregational  Church  in  Portland,  Oregon.     He  held 


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the  offices  of  Deacon  and  Clerk  in  that  organization  for  many  years,  and 
delegate  to  the  State  Association  and  Assistant  Clerk  for  six  years.  Was 
made  a  Mason  by  Harmony  Lodge  No.  12,  Portland,  Oregon,  in  February, 
1867,  and  has  held  the  office  of  Secretary  for  two  years.  Holds  member- 
ship in  other  organizations.  Odd  Fellows,  Workmen,  Knights  of  Honor,  and 
has  served  as  Secretary  for  many  terms.  Has  decided  views  upon  all  lead- 
ing questions  of  the  day,  being  an  ardent  Republican;  has  never  sought 
political  preferment  but  once,  and  that  was  the  position  of  State  Printer  in 
1878,  While  he  had  a  strong  support,  he  had  not  votes  enough  to  secure 
nomination,  and  caused  his  followers,  after  the  secon(i  ballot,  to  throw  theii- 
votes  for  W.  B.  Carter,  who  was  nominated  and  elected.  Has  been  ap- 
pointed by  the  Governor  State  printing  expert  twice,  in  1879  and  1882.  Mr. 
Himes'  job  printing  establishment  in  this  city  is  a  very  extensive  one,  and 
he  has,  by  the  correctness,  dispatch  and  artistic  appearance  of  all  work 
done,  acquired  the  name  of  being  "  the"  printer  of  Portland.  Personally. 
George  is  a  fine-looking  man,  with  just  a  tinge  of  pale  delicacy  in  his  com- 
plexion, caused,  no  doubt,  by  his  constant  application  to  business;  is  popu- 
lar among  the  printers  and  enjoys  the  esteem  of  a  very  large  circle  of  warm 
personal  friends. 

WILLIAM  S.  JAMES, 
Of  the  Columbia  Commercial  College,  Portland.  This  gentleman  was  born 
in  Lee  county,  Iowa,  August  3,  1843,  and  after  attending  school  for  a  few 
years,  entered  a  printing  office  at  Albany,  Gentry  county,  Missouri, 
where  he  served  a  regular  apprenticeship  and  came  out  a  thorough  me- 
chanic. In  the  year  1860  young  James  came  to  the  Pacific  Coast,  and  in 
1864,  during  the  civil  war,  he  joined  Company  I,  Sixth  Regiment  Infantry, 
famous  California  volunteers,  in  which  command  he  served  with  distinction 
to  the  end  of  the  war.  Mr.  James  came  to  Oregon  in  the  fall  of  1867,  and 
his  first  situation  was  foremanship  on  the  Corvallis  "  Gazette."  Having  by 
attentive  study  and  assiduous  application  obtainea  a  thorough  commercial 
education,  and  became  an  artistic  penman,  Mr.  James  gave  most  of  his  at- 
tention to  self-cultivation  and  instruction  of  these  studies,  working  at  print- 
ing as  a  means  of  obtaining  the  funds  necessary  to  perfect  himself,  and  he 
soon  acquired  quite  a  repiitation  as  a  master  and  became  generally  known. 
Since  that  time  Mr.  James  has  been  connected  with  the  foremost  institu- 
tions of  this  State,  and  he  was  the  first  gentleman  to  inaugurate  the  Com- 
mercial Department  of  the  Willamette  University.  The  Professor  was  mar- 
ried December  29,  1869,  to  Miss  Mary  E.  Bird,  an  estimable  young  lady  of 
Portland.  In  the  winter  of  1872-'3  the  Commercial  College,  with  which  he 
was  connected,  was  burned  to  the  ground  and  he  lost  all  of  his  most  valu- 
able specimens  of  penmanship.  Misfortunes  seemed  to  follow,  and  in  the 
following  year  Mrs.  James  was  called  away  from  earth.  This  last  calamity, 
coming  as  it  did  when  he  was  in  the  midst  of  other  troubles,  induced  him 
to  give  up  teaching  for  awhile.  He  was  then  offered  the  control  of  the 
Baker  City  "  Herald,"  and  he  retained  the  management  of  that  journal  from 
October,  1874,  until  October,  1875,  and  met  with  unqualified  success.     Al- 


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tbo\if,'h  in  polities  Mr.  James  was  a  Republican,  on  account  of  his  liberal 
views  on  all  questions  of  general  interest,  his  paper  received  an  equal 
amount  of  Democratic  support.  After  this  he  was  one  of  the  incorporators 
of  the  Portland  "  Bee,"  Avith  which  paper  he  was  connected  for  a  year  or 
more.  Like  many  other  new  enterprises,  this  venture  did  not  promise  bril- 
liant success,  and  he  finally  drifted  back  into  his  profession  of  teaching,  for 
which  he  seemed  so  eminently  well  fitted,  and  in  the  year  1881  founded  the 
well-known  Columbia  Commercial  College  of  Portland.  Professor  James 
has  made  this  institution  a  success  from  the  very  beginning,  and  to-day  it 
occupies  the  foremost  position  among  the  commercial  institutions  of  the 
Northwest.  The  system  of  studies  is  so  well  arranged,  and  the  method  of 
teaching  so  thorough,  that  it  affords  the  most  superior  advantages  for  im- 
parting to  young  men  and  ladies  a  commercial  education,  and,  more  than 
this,  Mr.  James  has  the  esteem  and  confidence  of  the  business  community, 
a  matter  which  is  of  no  small  advantage  to  his  pupils.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  I.  O.  O.  F.,  K.  of  P.,  I.  O.  O.  T.  and  P.  O.  S.  of  A.,  and  a  past  officer  in 
each.  He  served  as  Grand  Secretary  of  the  I.  O.  G.  T.  for  two  years,  and 
has  tdways  been  a  strong  advocate  of  the  temperance  cause. 

J     B.    OONGLE 

Is  one  of  the  solid  business  men  of  Portland,  and  has  by  close  application 
to  business,  and  by  some  judicious  investments  in  real  estate,  amassed  quite 
a  respectable  fortune.  He  was  born  December  9,  1817,  in  Chester  county, 
Penn.  In  the  year  1832  he  went  to  Philadelphia  to  learn  the  harness  and 
saddlery  trade  with  Mr.  William  S.  Hansel,  and  in  the  spring  of  1838  he  re-, 
moved  to  Virginia,  thence  to  Missouri,  and  in  the  year  1841  we  find  him  in 
Lafayette,  Indiana,  where  he  resided  for  ten  years.  On  May  21st,  1844,  Mr. 
Ocmgle  was  married  to  Miss  Ellen  H.  Gray,  a  young  lady  of  Lafayette. 
Catching  the  gold  fever,  he  went  to  California  in  the  "days  of  '49,"  remain- 
ing two  years  in  the  gold  mines  and  returning  to  Indiana  in  1851.  He  came 
to  Oregon  in  18.53  and  located  in  Corvallis,  then  Marysville,  head  of  naviga- 
tion on  Willamette  river,  no  boats  going  further  up  the  river,  where  he  lived 
eight  years  and  of  which  town  he  was  the  first  Mayor.  He  was  elected  Sheriff 
of  Benton  county  in  1857,  a  position  he  lield  three  months  and  then  resigned. 
In  1861  Mr.  Congle  changed  his  residence  to  Portland,  and  has  since  con- 
tinued to  live  here.  He  was  elected  Councilman  from  the  Second  Ward  in 
1870,  and  in  1872  he  was  elected  a  Representative  from  Multnomah  county 
to  the  State  Legislature.  He  became  a  member  of  the  Masonic  order  in 
Indiana  in  1847,  and  in  the  years  1874-5  was  Grand  Master  of  that  order  in 
Oregon;  in  1879 -'80  he  was  Grand  H.  P.  of  the  same  order.  Mr.  Congle  is 
a  married  man,  and  has  a  wife  and  two  daughters,  one  of  whom  is  the  wife 
of  Hon.  Richard  Williams,  ex-member  of  Congress,  and  the  other  Mrs.  J.  B. 
Wyatt.  It  will  })e  seen  that  Mr.  Congle  has  lived  in  Portland  twenty-one 
years,  that  he  has  been  honored  time  and  again  with  public  office,  that  he 
is  a  member  of  the  most  respected  private  organization  and  a  successful 
business  man.  He  is  at  present  the  senior  partner  of  the  firm  of  J.  B.  Congle 
&  Co.,  manufacturers  and  importers  of  saddlery  hardware,  etc. 


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LIEUT.  FREDERICK  SCHWATKA,  U.  S.  A. 
Here  we  have  auother  youug  man  who  eujoys  a  iiatioual  reiiutation  auil 
who,  from  his  long  residence  in  Oregon  and  the  interest  Oregonians  have 
taken  in  his  success,  ought  by  rights  to  be  claimed  by  us  as  a  native  Weh- 
foot,  although  circumstances  are  against  us.  He  was  born  in  Oalena,  Illinois, 
September  29,  1849,  and  with  his  parents,  both  of  whom  are  still  residents  of 
Salem,  immigrated  to  Oregon  in  1853.  It  will  tiierefore  be  seen  that  the 
Lieutenant  is  not  Sucker  enough  to  hurt  him  much.  His  early  life  wa.n 
spent  at  Astoria,  Albany,  Eugene  City  and  Salem,  mostly  at  the  latter  point, 
with  the  early  history  of  which  he  was  more  or  less  intimately  connected,  his 
boyisli  pranks  being  still  recounted  with  interest  by  those  who  participated 
in  them,  he  being  the  acknowledged  leader.  He  was  naturally  bright  and 
intelligent,  attracted  the  attention  of  Salem's  best  citizens,  and  when  he  ex- 
pressed a  desire  to  attend  West  Point  Military  Academy  he  had  no  difficulty 
in  securing  a  jjowerful  influence  to  back  him  and  was  fortunate  enough  to 
secure  the  Oregon  appointment  through  Hon.  J.  H.  D.  Henderson,  their  own 
Representative  in  Congress-.  He  joined  that  institiition  in  June,  1867,  hav- 
ing passed  a  successful  examination  and  continued  his  studies  unremittingly 
until  1871,  when  he  graduated  and  was  assigned  to  active  service  as  Second 
Lieutenant  in  the  Third  U.  S.  Cavalry,  then  serving  in  Arizona.  He  was 
afterwards  transferred  to  the  Department  of  the  Platte.  He  meanwhile 
turned  his  attention  to  the  study  of  law  and  was  admitted  to  the  U.  S.  Cir- 
cuit Court  for  the  District  of  Nebraska,  in  May  5,  1875.  He  then  studied 
medicine  and  surgery  and  graduated  at  the  Bellevue  Hospital  Medical  Col- 
lege, in  New  York,  March  1,  1876.  Rejoining  his  regiment  he  served  in  the 
Sioux  war  of  1876,  participating  in  the  actions  of  Tongue  River  (June  9, 
1876),  the  Rosebud  (June  17,  1876,)  and  Slim  Buttes  (Sept.  9,  1876).  As  a 
soldier,  his  record  for  gallantry  and  bravery  is  excelled  by  none,  and  as  a 
commanding  officer  he  has  always  succeeded  in  winning  the  confidence  and 
esteem  of  those  under  him.  Long  and  active  service  in  the  very  outskirts 
of  civilization  imbued  him  with  an  ambition  to  distinguish  himself  in  new 
fields  of  labor,  and  at  his  own  request  was  detailed  to  command  the  Frank- 
lin Search  Paity  in  the  Arctic  ocean,  in  which  he  was  employed  from  June 

19,  1878,  to  September  22,  1880,  the  object  of  the  expedition  being  to  find 
.  the  records  and  relics  and  determine  the  fate  of  the  British  Northwest  Pas- 
sage Expedition  of  Sir  John  Franklin,  which  sailed  from  England  in  the 
"  Erebos  "  and  "  Terror  "  in  1875,  and  of  which  but  very  little  had  ever  been 
ascertained.  The  expedition  under  Lieut.  Schwatka's  command,  made  the 
longest  sledge  journey  in  the  world,  a  distance  of  3,251  miles,  being  absent 
from  its  source  of  suijplies  eleven  months  and  twenty  days,  subsisting  off  of 
the  game  of  the  country,  the  trip  having  been  undertaken  with  but  one 
month's  rations  provided,  the  party  living  on  the  same  food  as  did  tlieir  Es- 
quimaux alUes  and  guides.  It  encountered  the  lowest  temperature  ever  re- 
corded by  white  men,  viz.:  71  degrees  Fahrenheit  or  103  degrees  below 
freezing  point.  It  discovered  and  buried  many  of  the  skeletons  of  Sir  John 
Franklin's  lost  pai-ty,  secured  numerous  relics,  and  otherwise  cleared  away 
much  of   the  mystery  connected  with  that  ill-fated  expedition.    On  March 

20,  1879,  Lieut.  Schwatka  was  promoted  to  a  first  lieutenancy  in  the  Third 


fiO  REPRESENTATIVE    MEN    OF    OREGON. 

Cavalry,  aud  in  October,  1881,  was  appointed  Aid-de-Oamp  on  the  staif  of 
General  Nelson  A.  Miles,  commanding  the  Department  of  the  Columbia, 
and  is  at  present  stationed  at  Fort  Vancouver  on  that  duty.  He  has  re- 
ceived numberless  honorary  distinctions  since  his  return  from  the  North,  and 
is  at  present  corresponding  member  of  many  European  and  American  Sci- 
entific especially  geographical— societies,  and  has  by  special  request  de- 
livered lectures  in  many  of  the  principal  cities  of  the  East.  The  Lieutenant 
is  a  very  ordinary  looking  person,  being  of  about  regulation  height,  heavy 
built,  with  full  ruddy  face,  indicative  of  good  health  and  a  hearty,  robust 
constitution,  smooth  face,  with  the  exception  of  a  short  mustache,  a  keen 
eye,  its  elfect  enforced  by  the  use  of  glasses,  prominent  nose  and  an  intel- 
lectual forehead.  His  disposition  is  genial  and  his  character  among  men 
unsullied.     He  was  married  September  6,  1882,  to  Miss  Ada  J.  Brackett. 


S.  E.  JOSEPHI,  M.  D., 
A  resident  of  East  Portland  and  a  gentleman  well  and  favorably  known  by 
reason  of  his  long  continued  connection  with  the  Oregon  Hospital  for  the 
Insane,  was  born  in  New  York  City,  December  3,  1849,  where  he  received 
his  early  education,  entering  the  Free  Academy,  now  known  as  the  New 
York  College,  in  1863.  Possessing  a  desire  to  establish  himself  in  some  new 
country  and  avail  himself  of  the  advantages  to  be  derived  from  growing  up 
with  it,  in  1866  came  west  and  stopped  for  a  short  time  in  San  Francisco, 
and  the  year  following  pressed  on  towards  Oregon  and  at  once  entered  in 
the  employ  of  Dr.  J.  C.  Hawthorne  as  book-keeper  at  the  Hospital  for  the 
Insane  at  East  Portland,  and  at  the  same  time  studied  medicine  in  the  in- 
stitution and  prepared  himself  for  entering  medical  college.  In  1869  he  re- 
turned to  New  York  with  the  intention  of  so  doing,  but  adverse  circum- 
stances jjrevailed  and  he  again  returned  to  Oregon  and  entered  the  employ 
of  Stephens  &  Loryea,  bankers,  and  renewed  his  connection  with  the  asy- 
lum. By  judicious  management  and  strict  economy  he  succeeded  in  saving 
sufficient  from  his  earnings  to  support  his  family  while  absent  and  pay  his 
expenses  through  college.  He  at  once  resumed  the  study  of  medicine  and 
finally  graduated  at  the  Medical  Department  of  the  University  of  California 
in  1877.  In  November  of  that  year  he  was  appointed  Assistant  Physician  to 
the  Oregon  Hospital  for  the  Insane,  under  the  Superintendency  of  the  late 
Dr.  J.  C.  Hawthorne,  and  upon  his  death  was  appointed  Superintendent  of 
that  institution,  which  position  he  still  occupies.  In  1879  he  was  elected  to 
the  Cbair  of  Psychological  Medicine  in  the  medical  department  of  the  Wil- 
lamette University  at  Portland,  and  in  1880  to  the  Chair  of  Anatomy  in  the 
same  college.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Oregon  Medical  Society  and  of 
the  American  Association  of  Medical  Superintendents.  He  is  an  honored 
member  of  the  Orient  Lodge  No.  17, 1.  O.  O.F.,  which  he  has  represented  in 
the  Grand  Lodge  of  Oregon  several  terms.  He  was  married  in  1871  to  Mias 
Hannah  M.  Stone,  of  Portland,  and  they  have  four  children  living.  Dr. 
Joseph!  is  what  we  call  a  good-looking  man.  He  is  of  about  ordinary 
height,  of  graceful  form  and  figure,  jet  black  hair  and  whiskers,  with  a 
mild  brown  eye,  pleasant  voice  and  suave  manner,  a  good  talker,  intelligent. 


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with  quick  perceptive  faculties,  always  faultlessly  dressed,  and  every  iu^b  a 
gentleman.  He  is  a  keen  business  man  and  s^firds  with  zealous  care  the 
interests  of  those  he  represents.  His  j,'enial  disposition  makes  him  friends 
everywhere,  and  it  is  a  safe  prediction  when  we  say  that  he  has  just  caught 
a  glimpse  of  what  Dame  Fortune  has  in  store  for  him  wiifui  in  due  time  she 
deals  out  her  favors. 


HON     JAMES    C.    FULLERTON, 

One  of  the  representative  men  of  Southern  Oregon,  was  boru  iu  Btitler 
county,  Ohio,  December  16,  1848,  coming  to  Oregon  witli  his  parents  in 
1853  and  locating  on  a  farm  in  the  Umpqua  valley.  He  was  favored  only 
with  a  common  school  education.  He  read  law  and  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  iu  1881.  In  1873  he  was  appointed  Receiver  of  Public  Moneys  at  Rose- 
burg,  the  duties  of  which  office  he  has  discharged  with  such  unswerving  in- 
tegrity that  he  has  had  no  difficulty  iu  retaining  his  position  up  to  the  pres- 
ent time.  x\s  a  public  officer  he  has  proved  court^eous  and  accommodating, 
and  has  made  friends  with  the  patrons  of  the  place.  He  was  married  in 
1874  to  Miss  Clara  Bunnell  of  Roseburg,  their  family  consisting  of  one  child. 
He  is  a  prominent  member  of  the  A.  F.  and  A.  M.,  Odd  Fellown  and  Work- 
men. In  the  former  fraternity  he  holds  the  position  of  G.  J.  W.  of  the  R. 
W.  G.  Li.  He  is  tall  and  slim  and  quite  good-looking,  light  brown  hair, 
straight  and  pliable,  with  a  light  blonde  mustache.  His  personal  appear- 
ance is  on  the  whole  quite  prepossessing. 


HON.  JAMES  K.  KELLY. 
The  subject  of  this  sketch  has  held  most  of  the  places  of  honor  smd  trust 
at  the  disposal  of  the  people  of  this  State,  and  now  that  old  age  is  oeepiug 
on  it  is  befitting  that  he  be  reHeved  of  the  irksome  duties  of  public  life 
and  devote  his  entire  attention  to  the  practice  of  the  high  and  and  honorable 
profession  in  which  he  occupies  so  prominent  a  position.  He  was  born 
in  Center  county,  Penn.,  in  1819,  and  until  he  attained  the  age  of  sixteen 
years  his  life  was  spent  upon  a  farm.  He  entered  Princeton  College,  New 
Jersey,  iu  1837,  and  graduated  in  1839,  soon  afterwards  commenciug  the 
study  of  law  at  Carlisle  Law  School  in  Pennsylvania  under  Judge  Reed, 
and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1842.  He  opened  an  office  iu  Lewiston, 
Penn.,  where  he  remained  until  1849,  when  he  started  for  Cahfornia  via 
Mexico.  He  remained  in  the  mines  for  a  short  time  and  came  to  (Jregou 
in  1851  and  settled  at  Oregon  City.  He  was  appointed  one  of  the  Code 
Commissioners  in  1853,  and  in  the  same  year  was  elected  a  member  of 
the  Territorial  Coimcil,  of  which  he  was  a  member  for  four  years,  during 
which  time  he  was  President  of  the  Council  two  sessions.  Hj»  was  ap- 
pointed Lieutenant-Colonel  of  the  Volunteer  Infantry  in  the  Yakima  In- 
dian War  of  1855-6.  In  1857  he  was  elected  member  of  tlie  State  Con- 
stitutional Convention  from  Clackamas  county,  and  in  18(X)  was  a  member 
of  the  State  Senate.  In  1864  he  was  the  Democratic  candidate  for  Con- 
gress, but  was  defeated  by  Hon.  J.  H.  D.  Henderson.     He  was  also  can- 


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diilate  for  Govemor  in  186(5,  at  the  time  Governor  Woods  was  elected 
In  1870  he  was  elected  United  States  Senator,  when  he  served  his  full 
term.  In  187S,  on  the  formation  of  a  separate  Supreme  Court,  he  was 
appointed  Chief  Justice,  which  position  he  held  until  the  general  elec- 
tion of  1880,  when,  although  the  Democratic  party  candidate,  he  suffered 
defeat.  Since  that  time  he  has  settled  down  to  private  life  and  enjoys 
a  lucrative  practice  in  his  profession.  He  is  a  hard  worker  and  has  been 
a  deep  student  and  is  thoroughly  versed  in  law.  He  is  tall,  somewhat 
stoop-shouldered,  wears  only  a  mustache  as  a  facial  ornament,  his  eyes 
are  set  well  hnck  in  his  head,  and  he  has  a  broad,  expansive  forehead. 

ADDISON  O-  GIBBS,  L  L.  D., 
Ex-Governor  of  Oregon,  was  born  at  East  Otto,  Cattaraugus  county.  New 
York,  July  9,  1825.  He  was  educated  at  Griffith  Institute  in  Springville, 
Ne-Av  York,  and  at  the  Albany,  New  York,  State  Normal  school,  of  which  he 
is  a  graduate.  He  spent  several  years  as  a  teacher,  daring  which  time  he 
studied  law,  and  was  admitted  to  practice  in  the  highest  courts  of  New 
York  at  Albany  in  1841*.  Since  that  time  he  has  been  admitted  to  practice 
in  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States.  He  practiced  law  in  Jefferson 
county.  New  York,  for  one  year  and  came  to  Oregon  in  1850,  which  has  been 
his  home  ever  since.  In  1851  he  was  a  volunteer  under  Major  Kearney  in 
the  first  Indian  war  in  Southern  Oregon.  He  took  a  land  claim  in  Umpqua 
(now  Douglas)  county,  on  which  now  stands  the  town  of  Gardiner,  where  he 
resided  for  over  four  years.  In  the  winter  of  1851-2  he  was  a  member  of 
the  House  of  Representatives,  and  took  an  active  part  in  having  the  Code 
system  of  practice  and  jjleadings  adopted,  he  being  the  only  lawyer  in  the 
Legislature  who  had  practiced  under  the  Code.  He  Avas  nominated  as  one 
of  the  first  Code  Commissioners  but  declined  to  serve.  He  was  also  selected 
and  served  as  one  of  the  Code  Commissioners  of  the  second  revision  in  1853. 
He  was  then  oITered  the  position  of  Collector  of  Customs  for  the  Southern 
District  of  Oregon,  a  position  he  desired,  provided  he  could  be  permitted  to 
continue  the  practice  of  laAv.  He  went  to  Washington  and  got  such  per- 
mission on  condition  that  he  appointed  a  deputy  at  his  OAvn  expense.  He 
then  filed  liis  bond  of  .^50,000,  and  was  prepared  to  enter  upon  the  duties  of 
his  oJfice.  Before  returning  to  Oregon  he  married  his  school  mate,  Miss 
Margaret  M.  Watkins,  a  graduate  of  Griffith  Institute.  For  a  young  man, 
Gov,  Gibbs  in  New  York  took  quite  an  active  part  as  a  member  of  the  "Free 
Soil  party,"  and  cast  his  first  vote  for  Martin  Van  Buren  as  President,  and 
Charles  Francis  Adams,  Vice-President,  for  Avhom  he  made  a  number  of 
speeches  in  New  York.  In  1848  Gov.  Gibbs  Avas,  against  his  wishes,  elected 
Prosecuting  Attorney  for  the  first  Judicial  District,  for  Avhich  position  he 
did  not  *ialify,  and  the  vacancy  was  filled  by  appointment  of  the  Governor. 
Upon  the  adoption  of  the  Constitution  of  Oregon,  he  took  a  decided  stand 
against  slavery,  and  opposed  it  on  the  stump.  In  the  fall  of  1858  he  moved 
to  Portland  and  opened  a  Liav  office  in  company  Avith  Ex-Attorney  General 
George  H.  Williams,  with  wlaom  he  remained  as  partner  for  five  years.  Up- 
on the  breaking  out  of  the  rebellion,  he  took  an  active  pait  in  organizing 


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the  "  Union  Republican  party"  and  in  public  speeches  fretiuently  advocated 
the  Union  cause.  In  1862,  unsolicited  and  without  attending  tlie  Conven- 
vention,  he  was  nominated  for  Governor.  Immediately  upon  his  nomina- 
tion he  challenged  his  opponent  to  public  discussion,  made  over  sixty 
speeches,  and  was  elected  by  the  largest  majority  of  any  man  that  has  ever 
been  elected  to  office  in  the  State.  He  held  the  (»ffice  for  four  years,  the 
first  two  of  which  he  was  also  Superintendent  of  the  Penitentiary.  During 
his  administration  he  purchased  seventy-five  acres  of  land,  including  a 
water  power,  for  the  State,  which  is  the  present  site  of  the  Penitentiary  and 
Insane  xisylum;  al&o  located  four  hundred  and  eighty  tiiousand  acres  of 
school  lands  for  the  State,  in  all  of  which  transactions  neither  party  has 
ever  at  any  time  in  the  least. called  in  question  the  integrity  and  skill  with 
which  any  of  these  acts  were  done.  At  the  close'  of  his  terra  Gov.  Gibbs 
received  the  nomination  of  the  Republican  party  for  United  States  Senator. 
Andrew  Johnson  was  President  and  his  policy  conservative,  and  as  i)etweeu 
him  and  Congress  Gov.  Gibbs  was  a  "  Radical"  under  the  opposition  of 
Johnson's  appointees  and  two  rival  candidates,  after  19  ballots,  during  which 
time  he  came  within  one  vote  of  an  election,  he  did  not  succeed  in  securing 
it  and  withdrew  and  allowed  another  Republican,  Hon.  H.  W.  Corbett,  to 
be  elected.  Gov.  Gibbs  returned  to  the  bar  and  for  two  successive  tern:s 
^as  elected  and  served  as  District  Attorney.  He  has  also  served  as  U.  S. 
Deputy  District  Attorney  for  four  years,  transacting  all  the  business  of  the 
office  during  that  time,  and  was  also  United  States  District  Attorney  for 
two  years.  During  every  Presidential  campaign  since  1860,  Governor  Gibbs 
has  responded  to  frequent  calls  upon  him  to  make  stump  speeches.  As  a 
speaker,  he  is  ready,  argumentative  and  forcible.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  and  has  been  President  of  the  Board  of  Trus- 
tees of  that  church  iu  Portland  for  several  years. 


HON.    P.    H.    D'ARCY, 

Who,  as  a  young  attorney,  stands  in  the  foremost  ranks  of  the  profession  in 
this  State,  was  born  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  March  6,  1854,  and  with  his  pareuts 
came  to  this  coast  in  1856.  They  remained  in  San  Francisco  but  about  one 
year,  and  moved  to  Oregon  in  1857  and  settled  in  Portland.  In  1859  they 
moved  to  Salem,  where  they  have  resided  ever  since.  The  subject  of  our 
sketch  early  made  up  his  mind  to  secure  an  education,  and  appreciating  the 
fact  that  he  must  carve  his  own  fortune,  he  left  no  stone  unturned  that  iu 
any  way  would  aid  or  assist  him  in  securing  the  same.  At  tlir  early  age  of 
twelve  he  commenced  working  at  the  printer's  trade  and  served  his  ap- 
prenticeship in  the  "  Statesman"  office.  By  working  nights  and  Saturdays 
he  managed  not  only  to  earn  means  of  pursuing  liis  studies  at  the  Willam- 
ette University,  but  also  to  assist  his  brother  and  sisters  in  the  same  laud- 
able efforts,  in  1873  he  commenced  reading  law  with  Boise  k  Willis,  and 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Oregon  iu  1876.  ^  In  1878, 
when  the  act  was  passed  creating  a  new  Supreme  Court,  Mr.  D'Arcy  re- 
ceived the  appointment  of  Clerk,  which  position  he  held  until  1880,  when  a 
new  court  was  elected,  and,  bemg  of  different  politics,  he  w:us  succeeded  by 


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REPRESENTATIVE    MEN    OF    OREGON. 


the  present  incumbent,  since  which  time  he  has  been  practicing  law  m 
Salem,  and,  for  a  young  man,  is  succeeding  admirably  in  securing  a  lucra- 
tive practice.  He  is  a  Democrat  in  politics,  and  represents  Marion  county 
in  the  Democratic  State  Central  Committee.  Mr.  D'Arcy  is  destined  to  be- 
come an  able  advocate  of  the  law.  He  has  a  ready  command  of  speech  and 
good  rhetoric^nl  ability,  and  by  his  earnestness  and  force  rarely  fails  to  make 
n  histing  impression  on  a  jury.  He  is  still  a  deep  student,  and  when  not 
otherwise  engaged  applies  himself  to  his  books.  Personally  his  manners 
are  pleasing  and  he  has  many  warm  friends. 


GENERAL  JOHN  F.  MILLER. 
Prominent  among  the  Democratic  politicians  of  this  State,  and  one  who 
has  served  bis  party  with  earnestners  and  fidelity,  is  Gen.  John  F.  Miller, 
of  Salem.  He  hjis  been  intimately  associated  with  the  party  successes  of 
the  past  j.nd  is  to-day  an  honored  representative  of  its  silent  minority.  His 
personal  appearance  is  such  as  would  attract  the  attention  of  any  one  in  a 
crowd,  being  tall  and  commanding,  with  full  face,  free  from  whiskers,  and 
a  clear,  penetrating  eye.  He  was  born  in  Hardin  county,  Kentucky,  near 
the  birth  place  of  the  immortal  Lincoln,  and  received  the  advantages  only 
of  a  common  school  education.  He  was  raised  on  a  farm,  and  in  1841  moved 
with  his  parents  to  Howard  county,  Missouri,  where  he  resided  until  the 
breaking  out  of  the  Mexican  war  of  184(5,  when  he  enlisted  as  a  private  in 
the  "  Chiliuahua  Rangers,"  under  Capt.  Tom  Hudson,  which  company  was 
attached  to  Col.  A.  W.  Donaphan's  regiment.  He  participated  in  the  bat- 
tles of  Sacramento  and  Brasito,  and  received  an  honorable  discharge  at  New 
Orleans  in  June,  1848.  Returning  to  Missouri,  he  was,  on  the  25th  day  of 
March,  1849,  married  to  Miss  Zerelda  Jackson,  daughter  of  Gov.  Hancock 
Jackson,  of  that  State.  He  came  to  Oregon  "the  plains  across"  in  1851  and 
settled  in  Jackson  county,  whei  e  he  took  up  a  donation  claim.  Was  elected 
Captain  of  Company  A,  First  Regiment  of  Volunteers  under  Gen.  Joseph 
Lane.  After  several  sharp  skirmishes  with  the  Indians  at  Evans  creek  and 
elsewhere,  his  company  was  ordeied  back  on  the  plains  to  protect  immi- 
grants, making  their  headquarters  on  Lost  river,  among  the  afterwards 
famous  Modoc  tribe  of  Indians.  He  represented  Jackson  county  in  the 
lower  House  in  1853  and  1854  and  was  afterwards  appointed  Indian  Agent 
at  Grande  Ronde  under  President  Pierce,  and  was  re-appointed  by  President 
Buchanjin.  Moved  to  Salem  in  1862,  and,  with  other  capitalists,  interested 
himself  in  the  organization  and  erection  of  the  Willamette  Woolen  Mills, 
being  President  of  the  company  for  two  years,  and  closely  identified  with 
its  interests  for  some  fifteen  years.  He  received  the  nomination  for  Gov- 
ernor at  the  hands  of  the  Democratic  State  Convention  in  1862,  and  made 
a  stirring  canvass  of  the  State,  but  was  defeated  by  the  Republican,  Hon. 
A.  C.  Gibbs.  In  the  Legislature  of  1866  he  received  his  full  partv  vote  for 
the  honorable  position  of  United  States  Senator,  his  successful  competitor 
being  Hon.  Geo.  H.  Williams.  Was  also  Vice-President  of  Willamette 
Falls  and  Lock  Company  at  Oregon  City,  and  was  actively  interested  in 
its  construction   and  completion.      Was  appointed  by  the  Legislature  in 


REPRESENTATIVE  MEN  OF  OREGON.         71 

>70  one  of  the  commissioners  to  select  the  9(),000-acre  }?rant  of  Afjricul- 
iiral  College  lands,  which  were  by  them  located  in  Southern  Oregon.  Was 
by  Governor  Grover  appointed  one  of  the  Capitol  Building  CommissionerH 
.and  was  elected  Chairman  of  the  Board.  It  was  under  their  supervision 
that  by  far  the  greater  portion  of  the  work  on  this  building  was  performed, 
and  its  general  character  is  commended  by  all  who  have  given  it  a  care- 
ful examination.  During  the  last  few  years  Gen.  Miller  has  been  actively 
engaged  in  the  stock  business,  with  his  headquarters  on  the  range  in  Lake 
county,  his  family  meanwhile  living  on  his  farm  near  Salem.  He  has  five 
children,  all  daughters,  two  of  whom  are  married  and  have  families  of  their 
own. 

HON.  JOHN  BURNETT. 
There  are  few  names  more  familiarly  and  favorably  known  to  the  old  res- 
idents of  this  State  than  that  which  heads  this  paragraph.  He  was  V)orn  in 
Pike  county,  Missouri,  July  4,  1831.  He  came  to  California  in  1849  and  en- 
gaged in  mining,  and  in  1858  came  to  this  State  and  settled  in  CorvalHs, 
and  in  the  year  following  was  married  to  Miss  Martha  Hinton,  of  that  jjlace. 
He  soon  afterwards  commenced  reading  law  with  Judge  Kelsey,  and  was 
admitted  to  practice  in  1860.  He  took  an  active  part  in  raising  the  first 
company  in  the  regiment  of  volunteers  called  for  in  Oregon  in  1864,  and  in 
the  same  year  entered  into  partnership  Avith  the  late  Judge  Thayer  in  the 
practice  of  law,  which  continued  five  years.  In  1868  he  was  elected  Presi- 
dential Elector  on  the  Democratic  ticket,  and  in  1870  was  elected  County 
Judge  of  Benton  county.  In  June,  1874,  he  was  elected  Associate  .Justice 
of  the  Supreme  Court  to  fill  the  unexpired  term  of  Judge  Thayer,  deceased, 
which  expired  in  September,  1876.  In  1878  he  was  elected  State  Senator 
from  Benton  county,  which  position  he  resigned  in  1880,  to  accept  the  Dem- 
ocratic nomination  of  Judge  of  the  Supreme  Court.  Gov.  Thayer  after- 
wards appointed  him  Judge  of  the  Second  Judicial  District  to  fill  the  un- 
expired term  caused  by  the  resignation  of  Judge  Watson,  wliich  term  ex- 
pired July  1,  1882,  since  which  time  he  has  been  engaged  in  the  active 
practice  of  his  profession  at  Corvallis,  where  he  still  resides.  Judge 
Burnett's  early  educational  advanta-'es  were  very  limited,  his  mother  being 
left  a  widcnv  with  small  means  and  a  large  family.  He  labored  hard  to 
assist  in  the  support  of  the  family  and  obtain  an  education.  His  love  for 
home  and  mother  was  very  strong,  as  his  affections  were  very  deep-rooted. 
He  is  a  plain,  every-day  sort  of  a  man,  just  such  a  one  as  commands  the  re- 
spect and  esteem  of  all  who  know  him.  He  is  of  ordinary  height,  ruddy 
features,  sandy  hair  and  whiskers.  As  an  attorney  he  stands  high  in  the 
profession  and  is  universally  considered  the  very  personification  of  honor 
and  integrity. 

HORACE    CARPENTER,    M.    D. 

The  subject  of  our  sketch  is  one  of  the  oldest  and  most  successful  physi- 
cians in  the  State,  and  his  name  is  a  household  word  in  many  narts  of  the 
Willamette  valley,  where  he  has  practiced  for  years.     He  was  born  in  Con- 


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72  REPRESENTATIVE    MEN    OF    OREGON. 


nersviUe.  Indiana,  December  19,  1826.    His  literary  education  was  received 
at  academical  institntionB  in  Indiana,  Michigan  and  Iowa,  and  his  medical 
edncuti..n  at  Keokuk,  Iowa,  also  at  Long  Island  College  Hospital,  BrooKlyn, 
N  Y    he  receiving  the  degree  of  M.  D.  in  1856.    He  began  practice  m  Scott 
county  Iowa,  in  1855,  remaining  there  until  1865,  when  he  came  to  Oregon. 
Was  Assistant  Surgeon  in  First  Oregon  Cavalry  and  Surgeon  in  the  First 
Ore-on  Infantrv,  serving  until  close  of  the  rebellion,  then  locating  m  Salem, 
where  he  remained  some  time,  and  then  opened  an  office  in  Portland  and 
8oon  established  a  lucrative  practice.     His  specialty  is  surgery,  and  he  is 
accredited  with  having  performed  some  extremely  intricate  and  successful 
operations.    He  has  twice  been  a  delegate  from  the  medical  department  of 
the  Willamette  University,  of  which  he  is  the  principal  founder,  to   the 
American  Medical  Association.    During  1870  and  i871  he  was  associate 
editor  of  the  "  Oregon  Medical  and  3urgical  Reporter,"  and  from  1866  to 
1870  was  visiting  physician  at  the  Oregon  State  Penitentiary.    He  was  for 
seven  years  the  dean  of  the  faculty  of  the  Medical  Department  of  the  Wil- 
lamette University,  and  is  at  present  Professor  of  Hygiene.     He  was  Presi- 
dent of  th«  Oregon  State  Medical  Society  in  1879  and  fourth  Vice-President 
of  the  American  Medical  Association  in  1881.     Since  the  commencement  of 
the  new  insane  asylum  l)uilding.  Dr.  Carpenter  has,  under  the  direction  of 
the  Board  of  Building  Commissioners,  superintended  the  arrangement  of 
ventilation,  light,  etc.,  with  the  view  of  having  the  details  of  each  depart- 
ment complete.    As  such  officer  he  has  shown  a  deep  interest  in  the  work, 
and  has  rendered  valuable  assistance  to  the  Board,  his  suggestions  being 
more  valuable,  in  that  he,  at  his  own  expense,  visited  all  institutions  of  this 
character  on  the  coast,  for  the  purpose  of  more  thoroughly  posting   himself 
on  this  subject.     He  was  married  in  Iowa  in  1850  to  Miss  S.   A.   Coshow,  of 
Blue  Orass,  Scott  county,  and  they  have  raised  an  interesting  family.     Po- 
litically speaking,  the  Doctor  is  a  Repul)lican,  and  takes  a  lively  interest  in 
politics. 


LUZERNE  BESSER 
Is  a  gentleman  who  has  distinguished  himself  more  particularly  in  the  mun- 
icipal affairs  of  Portland,  and  who,  it  is  generally  conceded,  has  but  few 
superiors  as  a  successful  politician.  He  has,  it  is  true,  received  an  occa- 
sional back-set,  although  he  has  always  managed  to  give  his  opponents  a 
lively  contest.  He  was  born  in  the  city  of  Buffalo,  New  York,  on  the  2.5th 
day  f)f  October,  1883,  his  parents  being  there  on  a  visit  at  the  time,  their 
home  being  in  Clark  county,  Illinois,  where  his  father  settled  in  1818.  His 
early  days  were  spent  on  a  farm  and  he  had  the  advantages  then  afforded 
of  attending  a  public  school.  He  applied  himself  more  especiiilly  to  the 
study  of  civil  engineering,  and  taught  school  about  three  years,  when  his 
health  failed  and  he  was  compelled  to  resign.  Catching  the  western  fever 
he  in  18.52  married  a  most  estimable  lady  in  the  person  of  Miss  Sarah  Lake, 
and  at  once  started  for  Oregon  with  a  view  of  making  the  then  almost  un- 
known country  his  future  home.  He  arrived  in  Portland  November  25, 
■'a52,  and  in  time  assumed  charge  of  the  books  in  Mills  ct  Blodgett's  saw 


EEPRESENTATIVE  MEN  OF  OREGON.         73 

mill  and  afterwards  acted  as  foreman  for  Lewis  Love,  who  liecanie  owiht 
of  the  property.  Mr.  Besser  then  rented  the  mill  himself  and  run  it  very 
successfully  for  about  three  years.  He  then  entered  into  partnership  with 
Levi  Estes  and  John  Gates  and  erected  a  mill  on  Front  street  between 
Madison  and  Jefferson,  where  they  continued  in  business  until  the  great 
fire  of  August  21,  1872,  wherein  Mr.  Besser  sustained  a  per8t>nal  loss  of  over 
$50,(X)0,  without  one  dollar's  insurance.  His  indomital)le  energy,  however, 
never  forsook  him,  and  we  find  him  again  struiifgling  to  retrieve  his  lost 
fortunes.  His  personal  interest  in  municipal  affairs  induced  the  residents 
of  the  Third  ward  in  1868  to  nominate  and  elect  him  as  a  member  of  the 
Common  Council,  which  position  he  held  for  nine  consecutive  years,  and 
discharged  the  duties  of  his  office  with  faithfulness  and  integrity,  serving 
as  a  member  of  some  of  the  most  impoi'tant  committees  of  that  body.  He 
was  mainly  instrumental  in  establishing  the  grades  of  the  Third  ward,  and 
was  the  originator  of  the  oil  lamp  system  of  street  lighting  in  this  city.  He 
met  great  opposition  in  this  last  mentioned  scheme,  and  was  allowed  l)ut 
five  lamps  as  an  experiment.  It  proved  successful,  however,  and  the  de- 
mand has  increased  to  over  three  hundred  lamps,  which  are  in  use  at  the 
present  time,  the  saving  to  the  tax  payers  of  the  city  being  over  S8.()00  an- 
nually. He  was  employed  as  book-keeper  in  the  U.  S.  Custom  House  in 
Portland,  under  Collector  Kelly,  from  1875  to  1877  inclusive,  and  here,  as 
elsewhere,  proved  an  efficient  officer.  In  July  of  1877  he  was  tendered  and 
accepted,  at  the  hands  of  the  Board  of  Police  Commissioners,  the  office  of 
Chief  of  Police,  and  in  that  capacity  served  the  public  most  satisfactorily 
for  nearly  three  years.  During  his  term  of  office  the  writer  of  this  sketch 
was  connected  with  the  daily  press  of  Portland,  and  as  a  representative 
thereof,  was  oftentimes  compelled  to  call  upon  him  for  facts  connected 
with  his  office  as  Chief  of  Police,  and  always  found  him  willing  to  impart 
information,  courteous  and  accommodating,  but  none  the  less  cir- 
cumspect and  careful  to  avoid  any  disclosures  that  would  in  the  end  de- 
feat the  ends  of  justice.  He  possessed  many,  if  not  all,  of  the  qualifications 
of  a  detective,  and  his  term  of  office  was  marked  with  the  arrest  and  convic- 
tion of  an  imusually  large  number  of  desperate  characters,  who  are  now 
paying  the  penalty  of  their  crimes  in  the  reformatory  institutions  of  our 
State.  In  fact  there  were  no  grave  or  serious  crimes  committed  in  this 
city  daring  Mr.  Besser's  term  of  office  without  the  ultimate  arrest  and  con- 
viction of  the  guilty  parties,  he  sparing  no  pains  or  expense  to  secure  the 
arrest  of  fugitives  from  justice,  be  their  temporary  residence  in  Oregon  or 
any  of  the  adjacent  States  or  Territories.  Prominent  among  his  arrests  was 
that  of  Brown,  Johnson  and  Schwaitz,  who  were  afterwards  C(mvicted  of 
the  murder  of  young  Joseph  and  the  robbing  of  O'Shea's  pawn-broking 
establishment,  and  the  former  two  executed  and  the  latter  consigned  to  im- 
prisonment in  the  penitentiary  for  life.  During  the  last  two  or  three  years 
the  subject  of  our  sketch  has  been  engaged  in  private  enterprises  of  various 
kinds,  including  the  improvement  and  speculation  iu  city  property,  and  in- 
teresting himself  more  or  less  in  the  political  questions  of  tlie  day.  Politi- 
cally speaking,  he  is  of  strong  Republican  proclivities.    In  pul»lic  or  private 


74  KEPRESENTATIVE    MEN    OF    OREGON. 


life  ho  iy  ^ionui\,  ploasant  and  courteous,  and  is  exceedingly  fond  of  narrat- 
ins  incidontH  of  territorial  life  in  Oregon.  He  is  of  medium  size  and  weighs 
about  two  hundred  pounds,  thrifty  and  sober,  and  (nmse-iuently  robust, 
healthy  and  strong.  He  is  a  plain,  good-natured,  pleasant  gentleman,  who 
will  in  the  future,  as  in  the  past,  make  his  power  felt  in  the  circles  of  pubhc 
liff>.  _ 

PROF.  J.  T.  GREGG- 
Among  the  rising  young  attorneys  of  our  State,  the  subject  of  this  sketch 
stands  i)rominent  and  although  young  in  years  is  rapidly  gaining  an  exper- 
ience that  will  prove  invaluable  in  years  to  come.  He  has  energy  and  am- 
bition and  will  succeed  where  other  men  would  fail.  He  was  born  in  Allen 
county,  Indiana,  September  20,  1847.  He  immigrated  to  Oalifoniia  in  1855, 
where  he  resided  until  1H(;4,  when  he  first  came  to  Oregon.  His  early  edu- 
cation was  received  in  the  public  schools  of  California,  He  taixght  school 
in  this  State  until  18(58,  when  he  returned  to  California,  and  in  1870  entered 
the  State  Normal  School  in  San  Francisco  for  the  purpose  of  thoroughly 
preparing  himself  for  the  profession  of  a  teacher.  He  remained  there  two 
years  and  returned  again  to  Oregon.  In  1874  he  was  elected  principal  of  the 
East  Salem  Orammar  Scliool,  which  position  he  held  for  eight  consecutive 
years.  In  this  position  Prof,  (iregg  gave  universal  satisfacti(m  to  the 
patrons  of  the  school,  the  pupils  under  his  charge  having  made  excellent 
progress  in  their  studies.  In  187()  he  was  appointed  City  Superintendent  of 
the  Salem  public  schools;  and  in  1878  was  elected  County  Superintendent 
of  Schools  for  Marion  (lounty,  both  of  which  positions  lie  still  holds.  While 
engaged  in  school-work  he  devoted  his  spare  time  to  the  study  of  law,  and 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1881,  and  he  is  now  engaged  in  the  practice  of 
law  in  Salem.  He  is  a  V.  G.  of  Olive  Lodge  No.  18,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  of  that  city. 
Politically  he  is  a  Republican,  and  takes  an  active  interest  in  politics,  and 
during  the  session  of  the  Legislature  just  closed  he  has  acted  as  Clerk  of 
the  House  .Judiciary  Committee.  He  is  considered  pretty  good-looking, 
ordinary  height  and  build,  full  whiskers,  brown  hair,  clear-cut  features  and 
pleasant  brown  eyes.  He  is  unmarried.  Jind  by  the  young  ladies  is  consid- 
ered a  desirable  catoh. 


HON.  W.  CAREY  JOHNvSON. 
Prominent  among  the  self-made  meti  of  Oreg<m  is  he  whoso  name  heads 
this  sketch,  and  who  has  been  a  prominent  characrter  in  business  and  polit- 
ical circles  for  many  years  past.  He  first  saw  the  light  of  day  in  Ross 
county,  Ohio,  October  27,  188:-},  mid  received  the  benefits  of  a  common 
school  education,  when  with  his  father.  Rev.  Hezekiah  Johnson,  he  came  to 
Oregon  in  1845  and  settled  in  Oregon  City,  where  he  has  resided  ever  since. 
He  commenced  learning  the  printer's  trade  and  worked  on  the  case  in  Or- 
egon City  for  several  years.  In  1854  he  commenced  reading  law  with  Wait 
A  Kelly,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  September,  18:55,  wliicli  in  view  of  the 
fact  that  he  worked  at  the  case  four  days  each  week  and  taught  an  evening 
school   a  good   porticm  of  the  time  to  earn   money  to   pay  his  expensee, 


UKlMiKSENTATIVK     MKN     Ol'     ()l{i:(;()N.  75 

piay  be  foiiHidenul  a  very  jiidicions  outlay  ul"  time  and  talent.  On  arriving 
at  the  a^e  of  maturity  he  j,'ave  all  of  his  hard-earncid  Havings,  with  the  ex- 
ception of  twenty  dollars,  to  his  then  a^ed  father,  and  started  in  anew  to 
earn  a  name  and  fortune  for  himself.  He  was  elected  City  rroscKMitin^f  At- 
tory  in  1H58  and  City  Kecorder  in  1859.  He  was  meanwhile  estahlishinj,'  a 
lucrative  practice  in  the  profession  of  law  and  steadily  advanciiif;  to  the 
front  rank  of  the  leyal  fratcMiiity.  In  18(52  he  was  elected  I'msecutiiiK  At- 
torney for  the  Fourth  Judiciia!  District.  In  IWr)  and  IWiC.  he  held  the 
hi^jrhly  responsible  position  of  special^attorney,  under  the  venerated  H(jn. 
Caleb  Cushiiif,',  to  investit,'ate  and  settle  the  attairs  of  the  Hudson  Bay  antl 
ruj,'(^t  Sound  Companies.  He  was  elected  State  Senator  in  IHdli  to  fill  a 
vacancy,  and  (birinj,'  tiiat  session  Tendered  valuable  service  as  Chairman  of 
the  Judiciary  Committee.  He  is  now  the  senior  member  of  the  well-known 
Icf^al  firm  of  Johnson,  McCown  &  Ma(!rnm,  with  ottlces  at  Ore;,fon  City  and 
Portland.  As  an  attorney  at  law  Mr.  Johnson  stands  hif^h  in  the  profession. 
He  is  an  earn(!st  student,  a  careful  reader  and  a  dcej)  thinker.  He  is  a  fine- 
lookin^"-  ^'entleman,  of  ordinary  lieij,'ht  and  build,  very  black  whiskers  and 
mustacihe,  prematurely  bald,  a  clear  black  eye  and  always  neatly  dressc^i. 
He  has  been  several  times  honored  witli  the  complimentary  vote  of  his 
I)arty  friends  for  U.  S.  Senator,  and  during  the  exciting  contest  just  closed 
received  the  votes  of  the  "solid  sixteen."  He  was  married  on  Christmas  of 
18C8  to  Miss  Josephine  De  Vore,  a  {graduate  of  the  Willamette  Universitj 
and  one  of  the  most  intelligent  ladies  in  the  State.  They  have  a  family  of 
three  children  who  are  already  develoi)ing  minds  of  far  more  than  ordinary 
brilliancy.  Mr.  Johnson  has  a  beautiful  residence  in  Oregon  City,  and  hi« 
home  life  amid  such  surroundings  cannot  l)e  otherwise  than  pleasant. 


WILLIAM  R.  WILLIS. 
The  well-known  attorney  of  Douglas  county,  whose  success  as  a  member  of 
the  bar  is  second  to  none  in  the  district  in  which  he  resides,  is  a  native  of 
the  Buckeye  State,  having  been  born  in  Boone  county,  Ohio,  on  the  22d 
day  of  June,  1825.  His  parents  moved  to  Putnam  county,  Illinois,  in  1827- 
He  was  raised  on  a  farm  and  was  favored  with  but  comparatively  few  facil- 
ities of  protmriug  an  education,  but  he  assiduously  improved  those  offered 
him,  and  thus  gained  a  foothold  to  other  advancement.  He  arrived  in  Ore- 
gon in  185;},  having  acu-ompanii'd  his  mother  on  the  trip  around  the  Horn, 
his  father  and  the  remainder  of  the  family  having  come  across  the  i)lain9. 
He  connuencwl  reading  law  and  was  admitted  to  tlie  bar  in  IHC)!,  having 
originally  settled  in  Douglas  county,  where  he  has  resided  ever  sinci-,  liis 
parents  having  died  there  within  a  few  months  of  each  other  and  at  thi>  rir>o 
old  age  of  seventy-eight  years.  He  was  married  in  IHC.C,  to  Miss  Carolino 
Haines,  of  Douglas  county.  He  was  elected  County  and  Probate  ,hulge  in 
18(;()  and  served  four  years  in  that  position,  and  in  18(51)  was  appointed  Reg- 
istrar of  tlie  United 'states  Land  OHice,  which  position  he  held  for  nine 
years.  He  then  devoted  his  entire  attention  to  the  practice  of  law,  and 
staTids  high  in  his  profession,     lie  is  a  jjroniincnt  Odd  F(-llo\v.  witii  the  rank 


76         REPRESENTATIVE  MEN  OF  OREGON. 


of  P.  G.,  antl  a  member  of  the  Encampment.  He  is  of  low  build,  wiry 
frame,  bright  eye,  sharp  features,  black  hair  and  whiskers,  and  an  excellent 
pleader. 

HON.  LOUIS  T.  BARIN 
A  well-known  and  highly-esteemed  resident  of  Clackamas,  is  an  active,  en- 
ergetic citizen  and  a  gentleman  that  takes  a  lively  interest  in  the  welfare 
and  prosperity  of  our  fair  young  State,  of  which  he  has  been  a  resident  for 
over  a  score  of  years.  He  was  born  in  Providence,  Rhode  Island,  in  1842, 
and  came  to  Oregon  when  he  was  twenty  years  of  age  and  settled  in  Oregon 
City,  where  he  took  up  a  piece  of  government  land  and  for  the  first  few 
years  interested  himself  in  improving  it.  He  enlisted  in  Company  E  of  the 
First  Regiment  Oregon  Cavalry,  and  was  elected  First  Sergeant,  which  po- 
sition he  held  for  three  years,  receiving  an  honorable  discharge  at  the  end 
of  his  term  of  service.  Returning  to  Oregon  City  he  commenced  the  study 
of  law  in  1869,  in  the  office  of  Johnson  it  McCown,  and  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  in  1872,  and  in  the  same  year  was  elected  a  member  of  the  House  of 
Representatives  from  that  county.  His  wedding  took  place  during  the 
session,  the  bride  being  Miss  Josephine  H.  Harding,  of  Oregon  City.  He 
was  elected  City  Prosecuting  Attorney  in  1874,  and  was  re-elected  in  1875. 
During  the  years  1877  and  1878  he  was  Mayor  of  Falls  City,  and  was  con- 
sidered an  efficient  officer.  He  received  the  appointment  of  Register  of  the 
United  States  Land  Office  in  January,  1878,  under  President  Hayes,  and  was 
re-appointed  by  President  Arthiir  in  February,  1882.  He  is  of  the  average 
build,  rather  heavy  set,  and  an  active  politician.  He  prides  himself  on  be- 
ing an  uncompromising  Republican,  and  has  stood  by  his  political  princi- 
ples in  times  and  places  that  try  men's  hearts.  He  is  still  in  the  prime  of 
life  and  has  a  Ijright  future  before  him. 


SOLOMON    ABRAHAM,    ESQ. 

In  this,  (»ur  republican  f(nm  of  government,  men  who  earn  a  national 
reputation,  as  a  general  thing,  indulge  in  a  greater  or  less  degree  in  the 
[)olitics  of  our  country.  There  are  some  men,  however,  who  possess  remark- 
able business  sagacity,  and  as  such  acquire  an  enviable  reputation  among 
their  fellow  men,  and  who,  although  you  never  hear  their  names  mentioned 
as  aspirants  for  public  office,  nor  would  they  accept  one  were  it  tendered 
them,  are  none  the  less  interested  in  the  political  welfare  of  their  country 
and  wield  a  powerful  influence  in  their  respective  neighborhoods,  their 
work,  although  quietly  performed,  being  none  the  less  effective.  Such 
a  man  is  the  subject  of  this  sketch.  He  was  born  in  Russia-Poland 
in  18;}2  and  came  to  this  country  in  1850.  Landing  in  New  York  City,  with 
the  enterprise  characteristic  of  his  race,  he  resolved  on  becomings  mer- 
chant. Possessed,  however,  of  scant  means,  his  stock  .in  trade  consisted  of 
such  only  as  c.juld  be  carried  in  a  basket  and  peddled  from  door  to  door. 
Industpy  and  f  Digality  combined,  however,  soon  gave  him  a  little  start  in  the 
world,  and  he  came  to  Orpgon  and  in  1852  opened  a  small  retail  establish- 


REPRESENTATIVE    MEN    OF    ()RE(U)N.  77 

mont  iti  Oregon  City.  He  was  dissatisfied,  however,  with  his  siu-cohn,  and 
in  1854  he  went  to  Rosebnrg,  in  Doxiglas  county,  where  he  has  resided  over 
since.  The  new  mercantile  firm  of  Abraham  it  IJmther  fionrished  prosper- 
ously. The  firm  paid  strict  attention  to  business,  catering'  carefnllv  to  the 
wants  of  trade,  and  their  custon:  increased  rapidly.  The  firm  sold  out  iu 
1875  to  A.  F.  Brown,  for  the  purpose  of  taking  a  brief  respite.  With  his 
characteristic  energy,  however,  he  soon  wearied  of  a  life  of  ease  and  inac- 
tivity, and  in  1877  we  again  find  him  at  the  head  of  a  magnificent  mercan- 
tile hou«e,  the  firm  then  being  Abraham,  Wheeler  Sc  Co.,  which  firm  is  to- 
day doing  the  ieaaing  merca7]tile  business  of  Southern  Oregon.  Their  sales 
during  the  piesent  year  will  no  doubt  aggregate  S'20(),0()().  His  luisineas 
connections  are  not  confined  to  the  mercantile  trade  by  any  means,  he  be- 
ing at  present  right-of-way  agent  and  a  heavy  contractor,  furnishing  large 
amounts  of  lumber  and  material  to  the  O.  &:  C.  R.  R.  Co.,  to  be  used  in  the 
extension  of  their  road  through  Soiithern  Oregon.  He  also  owns  large 
tracts  of  land  in  Douglas  county,  which  he  is  rapidly  improving.  He  takes 
a  lively  interest  in  politics  and  in  a  quiet  way  is  a  powerful  faction.  His 
integrityis  unquestioned  and  his  credit  is  unlimited.  He  is  undoubtedly  one 
of  the  most  sagacious  business  men  on  the  Northwest  coast,  and  evinces  un- 
usual enterprise,  tempered  with  judgment  in  the  management  of  his  affairs. 
He  was  married  in  1861  to  Miss  Julia  Hinkle,  of  D(niglas  county,  and  is  an 
honored  member  of  the  Masonic  order  and  of  the  Odd  Fellows.  Would 
that  Oreerou  had  a  man  like  Sol.  Abraham  on  every  square  mile  of  her  broad 
domain. 

PROF.  J.  H.  BRENNER, 
"  Mine  host"  of  The  Esmond,  the  leading  hotel  in  Portland,  was  born  iu 
San  Francisco,  Cal.,  November  7, 1854,  and  two  years  afterwards  was  brought 
to  Oregon,  where  for  many  years  the  refreshing  dews  of  Webfof)t  imparted 
to  him  beauty,  health,  strength  and  wisdom,  until  he  now  deservedly  ranks 
amongst  the  foremost  of  the  distinguished  men  of  this  State.  Almost  from 
infancy  he  gave  evidence  of  remarkable  musical  taste.  At  the  age  of  six 
years  he  received  his  first  instructions  in  harmony,  and  after  a  few  years' 
close  application  became  wxjnderfuUy  proficient  on  almost  every  instrument 
-  string,  reed  and  brass.  At  the  age  of  eleven  he  Avas  sent  tp  the  Lyceum 
at  Strasbourg,  and  from  thence  to  a  noted  Parisian  college.  During  the 
few  years  spent  in  Europe  he  not  only  perfected  his  musical  education,  but 
also  acquired  a  thorough  knowledge  of  the  French  and  Oermau  languages, 
both  of  which  he  speaks  fluently.  Returning  to  Oregon  in  1870,  he  entered 
active  life  as  Professor  of  Music,  established  classes  in  Portland  and  in 
nearly  every  large  town  throughout  the  State,  and  soon  became  known  as 
the  most  popular  and  thorough  teacher  in  the  profession,  which  honorable 
distinction  he  retained  until  he  gave  up  that  occupation  in  the  spring  of 
188(1,  to  assist  his  father  in  the  hotel  business.  Six  weeks  after  The  Esmond 
Hotel  was  opened  to  the  public  Mr.  H.  Brenner  died,  leaving  his  son  to  as- 
snme  the  responsibility  of  a  new  and  important  business.  With  that  per- 
sistent energy  which  characterizes  all  of  the  young  man's  undertakings,  he 


REPRESENTATIVE    MEN    OF    OREGON. 


soon  surmounted  all  the  difficulties  that  loomed  up  before  him,  and  made 
The  Esmond  what  his  worthy  sire  had  designed  it  to  be— the  leading  hotel 
of  the  Northwest.  In  doing  this,  he  has  been  materiaUy  aided  by  the  solic- 
itouH  attentions  of  his  respected  mother  and  his  accomplished  sister,  Miss 
Rose  Brenner,  both  of  whom  leave  nothing  undone  to  make  guests  feel  en- 
tirely " at  home"  under  their  roof.  Mr.  Brenner  is  courteous  and  attentive 
to  everyone  ;  but  he  deserves  special  praise  for  the  filial  affection  shown  to 
his  mother,  and  for  the  many  thoughtful  attentions  shown  to  her  and  his 
sister.  Other  young  men  of  his  age,  courted  and  flattered  as  he  is,  would 
be  apt  to  overlook  these  little  amenities,  which,  after  all,  speak  louder  than 
words  in  stamping  the  truly  affectionate  disposition  and  noble  character  of 
the  man.  Mr.  Brenner  is  still  unmarried.  As  to  his  personal  appearance, 
it  is  only  necessary  to  state  that  at  social  gatherings  he  is  always  at  the 
highest  premium  for  the  "ladies'  choice,"  to  know  that  he  is  young,  hand- 
some and  accomplished. 


REV.  P.  S.  KNIGHT. 
There  is,  perhaps,  no  minister  on  the  coast  that  stands  higher  in  the  com- 
munity in  which  he  lives  than  does  the  popular  divine  whose  name  heads 
this  sketch.  For  years  past  he  has  been  a  pastor  of  the  people  and  a  friend 
to  all.  He  is  not  hedged  in  by  sectarianism,  and  is  confined  to  no  single 
line  of  thought  or  purpose,  save  to  do  that  which  his  Master  has  given  him 
to  do,  and  to  perform  such  work  in  a  manner  dictated  by  his  own  con- 
science, irrespective  of  what  others  may  think  or  believe.  His  sermons  are 
practical  and  he  clothes  his  thoughts  in  plain  terms.  His  flights  of  imagi- 
nation, while  elo(iuent,  are  none  the  less  easily  followed  by  the  imlearned  as 
well  as  the  student.  Mr.  Knight  was  born  in  Boston,  Mass.,  on  the  21st  day 
of  October,  1886,  becoming  an  Iowa  pioneer  at  the  early  age  of  six  months. 
Here  be  resided  until  1853,  when,  with  his  parents,  he  came  across  the 
plains  with  an  ox  team  and  settled  near  Vancouver,  W.  T.  He  served  a  full 
apprenticeship  at  the  carpenter's  trade  from  IS.jl  to  18.57,  in  which  latter 
year  he  came  to  Salem  and  r.K ended  the  Willamette  University  in  18.58  and 
1860.  He  read  law  under  Smith  ct  Grover  in  1861  and  1862  and  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  in  1863.  That  year  and  the  year  following  he  edited  the 
Salem  "  Statesman."  Having  always  evinced  an  adaptability  for  the  min- 
istry, he  during  all  these  years  was  preparing  himself  for  a  ministerial 
career,  and  in  1865  and  1866  he  served  as  pastor  of  the  Congregational 
Church  at  Oregon  City,  returning  to  Salem  in  1867  in  response  to  a  call 
from  the  Congregational  Church  in  that  city,  which  he  accepted,  and  which 
pulpit  he  has  occupied  continuously  sincte  that  date.  In  187U  he  interested 
himself  in  the  organization  of  a  State  institution  for  the  education  of  deaf 
mutes,  and  has  done  more  than  any  other  one  man  to  ameliorate  the  con- 
dition of  this  unfortunate  class  of  our  citizens.  By  personal  and  persistent 
eflbrt,  he  succeeded  in  securing  j;  small  appropriation  from  the  State,  and 
in  organizing  the  school  overcame  difficulties  that  would  have  discouraged 
most  men.  He  has  had  personal  supervision  of  the  institution  since  that 
time,  and  has,  in  addition  to  his  ministerial  labors,  served  as  one  of  its 


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teachers,  in  which  work  he  has  been  assisted  and  encouraged  by  his  wife, 
nee  Miss  Eleanor  Smith,  to  whom  he  was  married  April  21,  IHfil,  the  wed- 
ding taking  place  at  the  M.  E.  Church  in  Salem.  Although  never  takinjj 
an  active  part  in  politics,  Mr.  Knight  is  u  true  blue  Repul)lican,  and  feels  m 
just  degree  of  pride  in  its  progress  as  a  political  party. 


WILLIAM  F.  BENJAMIN, 
A  man  of  sterling  worth  and  a  well-known  citizen  of  Douglas  county,  wa.s 
born  in  Brown  county,  Ohio,  April  2,  1827,  and  with  his  parents  moved  to 
Illinois  in  18.S4,  settling  in  Du  Page  county.  He  received  an  ordinary  com- 
mon school  education  and  taught  school  several  winters  at  the  minimum 
price  of  S12  per  month.  He  was  married  in  1851,  moved  to  Iowa  in  1K')\), 
and  returned  to  Hlinois  in  1866.  He  came  to  Oregon  in  1870  and  settled  iu 
Douglas  county,  where  he  has  since  resided.  In  1876  he  was  elected  a  mem- 
ber of  the  House  of  Representatives,  and  in  1878  was  appointed  Register  of 
the  United  States  Land  Office  at  Roseburg,  a  position  he  still  holds.  By 
studious  and  temperate  habits,  strict  adherence  to  correct  principles  and  a 
due  regard  for  the  rights  and  opinions  of  others,  he  has  secured  the  esteem 
of  his  neighbors  and  friends.  His  aim  in  life  has  apparently  been  to  do 
right  because  it  was  right,  and  he  ever  appears  just  what  he  is,  a  quiet,  un- 
assuming citizen.  Temporary  advantage  at  the  expense  of  principle  found 
no  sympathy  in  his  make-up.  He  united  his  fame  and  fortunes  witli  the 
Republican  party  many  long  years  ago,  and,  to  quote  his  own  words,  "  jiur- 
poses  to  stay  with  it  until  life's  changeful  scenes  are  ended." 


HON     EARL     O.     BRONAUGH, 

Who  stands  to-day  as  one  of  the  most  prominent  attorneys  in  the  State, 
was  born  in  Abingdon,  Virginia,  March  4,  1831.  He  was  early  imbued  with 
the  principles  of  the  South,  but  was  never  strictly  partisan  in  his  views. 
He  was  never  in  sympathy  vrith.  slavery,  but  was  none  the  less  a  firm  believer 
in  the  rights  of  State  Sovereignty,  and  when  his  native  State  seceded  young 
Bronaugh  went  with  her,  heart  and  soul,  enlisted  in  the  hopes  and  destinias 
of  the  new  Confederacy  of  States.  He  secured  his  educational  advantages 
prior  to  his  reaching  the  age  of  twelve,  when,  with  his  parents,  he  moved  to 
Shelby  county,  Tennessee.  They  founded  a  new  home  in  the  woods  uud 
suffered  all  the  privations  of  the  pioneer  life  of  that  early  day.  Here  Mr. 
Bronaugh  spent  six  years  of  his  early  manhood,  when  becoming  imbued 
with  a  desire  to  read  law,  he  entered  Hon.  J.  W.  Clapp's  office,  at  Holly 
Springs,  Miss.,  in  1849  and  in  1852  was  admitted  to  the  bar.  He  taught 
school  in  Tennessee  and  Arkansas  for  a  couple  of  years.  He  was  married 
at  Jacksonport,  Arkansas,  in  1854,  to  Miss  Araminta  Payne  and  opened  a 
law  office  in  a  log  cabin,  of  which  he  was  architect  and  builder,  aided 
only  by  a  strapping  colored  boy.  He  was  elected  Judge  of  the  First  Judi- 
cial Circuit  of  Arkansas  in  1860,  which  office  he  held  until  the  close  of  the 
civil  war.  He  was  a  volunteer  in  the  rebel  line,  servmg  as  scout  and  sharp- 
shooter.    He  was  broken  up  during  the  war  and  in  1868  came  to  Oregon, 


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•mil  hiis  at  (lirtereiit  times  beeu  associated  as  partner  with  R.  E.  Bybee,  Esq., 
'm.l  lion  John  Oatlin,  and  was  a  few  years  since  invited  to  become  a  part- 
ner in  the  well-known  and  leading  law  firm  of  Dolph,  Bronaugh,  Dolph  & 
Simon  Mr  Bronaugh  is  really  a  fine-looking  gentleman,  tall  and  com- 
m-mdin^'stiitue,  well-proportioned,  with  pointed  features,  a  fine  forehead, 
well  slui'ped  hea-d,  dark  auburn  hair  and  beard,  the  latter  being  very  heavy 
and  sprinkled  with  gray  hairs.  As  a  pleader  he  has  very  few  superiors,  and 
is  thoroughly  at  home  in  all  branches  of  his  profession. 

WILLIAM  H.  HOLMES,  ESQ. 
Oregonians  naturally  feel  an  increased  interest  in  the  ambitions  and  aspi- 
rations of  a  young  man  who  was  born  and  raised  right  here  in  our  own 
State.  To  such  we  are  prone  to  give  a  helping  hand  and  an  encouraging 
w(')rd,"  to  the  detriment,  perhaps,  of  an  equally  worthy  young  man  whose 
nativity  was  elsewhere.  This  fact,  however,  is  not  the  only  reason  why  Mr. 
Holmes  is  so  popular  among  those  who  know  him.  He  has  won,  and  fully 
deserves  every  iota  of  esteem  and  regard  in  which  he  is  held  by  his  in- 
dustry, integrity  and  enterprise.  Ho  has  stepped  outside  the  ruts  of  rou- 
tine hfe  in  town  or  country,  and  is  making  for  himself  a  reputation  that 
will,  m  time,  give  him  prominence  and  honors  among  his  fellow  men.  He 
was' born  in  Polk  county  in  May,  1850,  and  received  his  education  at  La 
Creole  Academy,  most  of  his  early  life  being  spent  on  a  farm.  He  read  law 
with  Thayer  k  Williams,  of  Portland,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1874. 
He  soon  afterwards  opened  an  office  in  Salem,  where  he  has  since  resided. 
He  was  nominated  by  the  Democracy  in  1880  as  their  candidate  for  Repre- 
sentative, and  accepted  his  defeat  in  a  strong  Republi.-an  county  very  grace- 
f ally.  In  1882  he  was  nominated  for  Prosecuting  Attorney  for  the  Third 
Judicial  District,  which,  while  nearly  1,100  Republican  in  1880,  gave  Mr. 
Holmes  16  majority,  his  friends  in  Polk  standing  solidly  by  him  regardless 
of  politics.  He  will  make  an  efficient  officer  and  gain  friends  daily  in  his 
official  capacity.  He  is  a  Royal  Arch  Mason.  He  was  married  August  13, 
1875,  to  Miss  Josephine  Lewis,  of  Polk  county.  Mr.  Holmes  is  highly  es- 
teemed by  all  with  whom  he  is  intimately  acquainted. 


COLONEL  WILLIAM  P.  MILLER. 
Here,  too,  is  an  Oregon  pioneer,  although  his  locks  are  not  yet  whitened 
with  age,  as  are  the  majority  of  those  who  away  back  among  the  '40s  braved 
the  danger  and  endured  the  hardships  attending  a  trip  across  the  plains. 
Mr.  Miller  rarely  alludeo  to  the  incidents  of  his  early  life  in  Oregon.  He 
lives  and  acts  in  the  present,  and  it  requires  no  small  amount  of  "  reporto- 
rial  pumping"  to  mduce  him  to  open  the  flood-gates  of  incident  and  romance 
with  which  his  memory  is  stored.  YVe  cornered  him  a  few  days  since,  how- 
ever, and  from  him  learned  that  he  was  born  in  Missouri  March  12,  1S36, 
his  early  life  being  spent  on  a  farm,  during  which  time  he  attended  the 
common  schools,  in  which  he  secured  such  education  as  he  now  possesses. 
He  came  to  Oregon  in  1845,  and  in  common  with  emigrants  of  that  day  was 


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subject  to  many  hardships  in  crossing'  the  yjlaius  with  their  ox  teaniH.  With 
bis  parents  he  settled  in  Washinji^ton  county,  where  they  remained  about  a 
year  and  then  moved  to  Sau\'ie's  Island,  where  tliey  remained  until  1853, 
going  from  there  to  Jackson  county  and  engafjed  in  farming  and  stock- 
raising.  In  1856  returned  to  Yamhill  county  and  in  1858  moved  to  Wasco 
county  and  was  engaged  most  of  the  time  in  stock-raisiug  and  running  pack 
trains.  In  1861  there  was  a  company  of  seventy-five  organized  to  prospect 
for  gold,  and  Col.  Miller  was  elected  captain,  and  tbey  were  the  first  discov- 
erers of  the  John  Day,  Burnt  River  and  Powder  River  mines,  which  after- 
wards turned  out  very  rich.  Moved  to  Yakima  valley,  in  Washington  Ter- 
ritory, in  1869,  where  he  resided  uutil  1877,  when  he  returned  to  The  Dalles. 
Served  in  Capt.  John  F.  Miller's  company  during  the  Rogue  river  war  of 
1853,  and  was  commissioned  as  Colonel  and  took  an  active  part  in  the  Uma- 
tiUa  war  of  1877-8.  He  was  apijointed  Warden  of  the  Oregon  State  Peni- 
tentiary in  1878  by  His  Excellency  Gov.  Thayer,  and  it  is  due  to  his  careful 
management  that  the  institution  has  been  run  so  economically  during  the 
past  four  years.  He  is  an  excellent  manager,  a  careful  financier,  and  in  his 
general  supervision  of  the  work  has  been  as  careful  of  the  State  finances  aa 
he  would  have  been  of  his  own.  He  is  well  hked  by  the  inmates  of  that  in- 
stitution, and  is  strict,  without  being  harsh  or  cruel.  He  was  married  to 
Miss  Sarah  E.  Raflfety  on  the  21st  day  of  September,  1864,  and  one  child,  a 
bright,  intelligent  little  girl,  has  thus  far  blessed  their  union. 

MARION    F.    MULKEY. 

The  subject  of  this  biographical  sketch  has  led  an  active  life,  both  as  a 
public  man  and  as  a  private  individual.  He  is  one  of  our  self-made  men, 
and  from  obscurity  in  early  life  has  attained  a  prominence  in  the  legal  fra- 
ternity highly  flattering  to  a  gentleman  of  his  age.  He  was  born  in  John- 
son county,  Missouri,  November  14,  1886,  and  with  his  father,  Johnson  Mul- 
key,  came  to  Oregon  in  1847  and  settled  on  Oak  creek  about  three  miles 
west  of  Corvallis.  They  there  took  up  a  donation  claim  and  hved  a  pioneer's 
life  in  every  sense  of  the  word.  Among  the  teachers  in  the  traditional  log 
school  house  of  that  early  day  who  wielded  the  birch  over  young  Mulkey's 
shoulders  were  Hon.  James  H.  Slater,  our  present  United  States  Senator, 
and  Hon.  Piiilip  Ritz,  now  a  prominent  fruit  grower  near  Walla  Walla.  En- 
dowed with  more  than  ordinary  ambition,  and  with  a  view  of  getting  out- 
side the  ruts  of  routine  life  on  the  farm,  he,  in  1854,  entered  the  Pacific 
University  at  Forest  Grove,  and,  under  the  venerated  Dr.  Marsh,  com- 
menced fitting  himself  for  college.  In  the  fall  of  1858  he  entered  Yale  Col- 
lege, at  New  Haven,  Conn.,  from  which  he  graduated  as  one  of  the  class  of 
'62.  He  returned  to  Portland  and  lead  law  Avith  Hon.  E.  D.  Shattuck  and 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1864.  He  was  appointed  Deputy  Provost  Mar- 
shal hi  1863  and  helped  make  the  enrollment  of  that  year.  In  1866  he  was 
elected  Prosecuting  Attorney  of  the  fourth  Judicial  District,  and  in  1867 
represented  the  citizens  of  the  Third  ward  in  the  Portland  City  Council.  In 
1872  he  was  elected  City  Attorney  and  re-elected  in  1873,  since  which  time 
he  has  been  associated  in  the  practice  of  his  profession  with  Hon.  John  F. 


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Caples,  who  is  now  serving  his  third  term  as  Prosecuting  Attorney  of  the 
Fourth  Judicial  District.  As  an  attorney,  Mr.  Mulkey  has  few  superiors. 
As  Deputy  Prosecuting  Attorney  is  a  terror  to  evil  doers,  and  once  on  their 
trail  never  Hags  until  they  aie  brought  to  the  bar  of  justice.  In  his  pro- 
fession he  ranks  with  men  who  are,  by  many  years,  his  senior.  As  a  speaker 
none  are  more  forcible,  and  his  flights  of  oratory  are  frequently  such  as 
hold  an  audience  spell  bound,  while  his  cool  and  logic  reasoning  has  great 
influence  with  a  jury.  His  face  is  clear-cut,  with  beard  and  mustache,  his 
eye  being  keen,  o'ershadowed  with  an  expansive  forehead.  He  is  an  un- 
swerving Republican  and  an  active  worker  iu  the  party,  and  as  an  attorney 
and  politician,  he  has  a  bright  future  before  him.  He  was  married  in  1862 
to  Miss  Mary  E.  Porter,  of  New  Haven,  Connecticut,  and  has  a  family  of 
two  children. 

AUSTON    MIRES.    ESQ., 

Stands  high  among  the  young  attorneys  of  Southern  Oregon  and  has  estab- 
lished a  foothold  in  Douglas  county,  from  which  it  would  be  difficult  to 
eradicate  him,  possessing,  as  he  does,  talent,  energy,  ambition  and  industry, 
qualifications  that  entitle  him  most  conclusively  to  the  place  he  has  won. 
He  was  born  in  Des  Moines  county,  Iowa,  in  1852,  and  came  to  Oregon  in 
1853,  and  with  his  parents  settled  in  Douglas  county,  where  they  have  re- 
sided ever  since.  He  was  raised  on  a  farm  and  attended  the  common  schools 
and  is  a  graduate  of  the  Umpqua  Academy.  He  was  for  three  years  em- 
ployed as  route  agent  on  the  Oregon  i*t  California  Railroad  between  Port- 
land and  Roseburg,  during  which  time  he  laid  by  money  enough  to  pay  his 
expenses  through  the  Law  Department  of  the  University  at  Ann  Arbor, 
Michigan,  from  which  he  graduated  in  1882,  and  returned  to  Oregon,  where 
he  gained  admission  to  the  bar  of  this  State  and  was  then  admitted  to  part- 
nership with  Hon.  W.  R.  Willis,  of  that  city,  During  the  session  of  the 
Legislature  just  closed  he  has  acted  as  Chief  Clerk  of  the  Senate,  the  labor- 
ious duties  of  which  position  he  has  performed  with  promptness  and  pre- 
cision, and  has  thereby  gained  a  host  of  new  and  enthusiastic  friends.  He 
is  considered  fine-looking,  being  of  rather  low  stature,  well-built,  full  face, 
ruddy  complexion,  well-defined  features,  heav>'  mustache  and  light  brown 
hair.  He  is  unmarried,  but  is  very  popular  among  the  ladies,  a  red  hot 
Republican,  and  a  prominent  young  member  of  the  Masonic  fraternity. 
His  career  promises  to  be  a  brilliant  one  in  the  profession  he  has  chosen. 


ALFRED  KINNEY,  M.  D. 
Of  Salem,  is  one  of  those  jovial,  good-natured  men  that  we  are  always  glad 
to  meet.  He  is  active  and  energetic,  and  what  he  does  he  does  with  a  will, 
and  infuses  humor  and  good  nature  into  all  with  whom  he  comes  in  con- 
tact. He  is  an  Oregon  boy,  and  made  his  debut  on  this  world's  stage  in 
Yamhill  county,  near  the  town  of  West  Chehalem,  on  the  31st  day  of  Jan- 
nary,  1850,  and  when  ten  years  of  age  moved  with  his  parents  into  the  town 
of  McMinnville,  where  he  attended  school  until  he  was  eighteen  years  of 


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age,  working  meanwhile  in  his  father's  flouring  mill  jiiid  nwiHtcriug  tlie 
miller's  trade.  At  an  early  age  he  displayed  a  fondness  lor  the  medical 
profession  and  in  1868  he  went  east  and  entered  the  Bellevne  Medical  (J.il- 
lege  in  New  York  City,  being  at  the  same  time  a  jirivate  student  under  Dr. 
Lewis  A.  Say  re,  who  is  undoubtedly  as  fine  a  surgecm  as  America  (san  boast 
of.  After  attending  two  courses  of  lectures,  he  applied  for  a  position  in  tlie 
Charity  Hospital  on  Blackwell's  Island,  and  ranked  first  in  the  cl;i.ss  at  tlie 
special  eiamination,  only  six  of  about  one  hundred  applicants  passing  suc- 
cessfully. He  was  at  once  appointed  first  surgeon  and  remained  thereabout 
two  years  and  a  half,  the  average  number  of  patients  meanwhile  being  over 
1000.  At  the  end  of  his  term  of  service  he  was  presented  by  the  Board  of 
Commissioners  of  Public  Charities  and  Corrections  with  an  elegant  case  of 
surgical  instruments  as  a  recognition  of  his  skillful  attention,  whicli  testi- 
monial he  still  keeps  and  highly  prizes.  He  graduated  with  high  honors 
and  received  his  diploma  in  1872,  returning  to  Oregon  in  the  fall  of  the 
same  year  and  locating  at  Portland,  and  at  once  entered  into  a  lucrative 
practice.  Desiring  a  change,  however,  he  went  to  Umatilla  county  in  1S78 
and  entered  tlie  stock  business.  He  moved  to  Salem  in  18^0  and  resumed 
his  practice,  which  he  is  still  following  with  marked  success.  He  has  de- 
voted himself  especially  to  the  study  and  practice  of  surgery,  and  has,  sinc« 
his  return  to  Oregon,  performed  some  operations  that  are  indeed  astonish- 
ing in  their  nature,  and  bid  fair  to  add  a  still  greater  amount  of  knowledge 
to  the  store  now  possessed  on  that  wonderful  branch  of  medical  science. 
His  skill  and  intelligence  is  conceded  and  honored  by  the  profession.  Sin- 
cerity of  purpose  and  largeness  of  sympathy  for  the  sufferings  of  the  imfor- 
tunate,  beam  forth  in  every  feature  on  his  visits  to  the  sick  room.  During 
bis  residence  in  Oregon  he  has  performed  upwards  of  sixty  successful  am- 
putations, and  has  three  times  successfully  performed  the  intricate  opera- 
tion of  tying  the  subclavian  artery.  Dr.  Kiimey  has  never  but  once  aspired 
to  political  honors.  At  the  last  general  election  he  was  one  of  the  Demo- 
cratic nominees  for  State  Senator  in  Marion  county,  and,  although  the 
county  usually  gives  a  Republican  majority  of  from  500  to  700,  Dr.  Kinney's 
popularity  was  so  universal  that  he  was  beaten  by  but  seven  votes.  His 
canvass  of  the  county  was  a  "still  hunt"  that  his  opponents  will  long  re- 
member, but  his  political  ambition  is  satisfied,  and  surgery  and  the  practice 
of  medicine  will  attract  his  entire  attention  hereafter.  He  was  married  in 
Portland  January  28,  1874,  to  Miss  Louisa  P.  Dickinson,  and  one  child  has 
thus  far  blessed  their  union.  He  is  a  well-built  man,  slightly  rotund,  with 
pleasant  facial  expression,  and  a  keen,  penetrating  eye,  with  nerves  as  steady 
as  clock  work. 


HON.  JAMES  0-  TOLMAN, 
Our  present  Surveyor-General,  is  a  man  to  whom  much  credit  is  due  for  the 
industry  and  application  he  has  displayed  in  working  his  way  onward  and 
upward  to  places  of  honor  and  trust.  He  was  born  in  Washington  county, 
Ohio,  in  1813,  and  moved  to  Champaign  of  the  same  State  in  1821,  where  he 
resided  until  1839,  when  he  moved  to  Iowa.     From  there  he  imm  igrated  to 


84  REPRESENTATIVE    MEN    OF    OREGON. 


California  in  1849,  where  he  worked  in  the  mines  with  some  success  nntil 
1851.  Desirous  of  seeing  "The  girl  he  left  behind  him,"  he  returned  to 
Oskaloosa,  Iowa,  in  1851,  and  shortly  afterwards  married  Miss  Elizabeth  E. 
Coe,  with  whom  he  recrossed  the  plains  in  1852,  and  coming  direct  to  Ore- 
gon settled  on  a  farm  in  Jackson  coimty,  where  he  has  resided  ever  since. 
His  early  education  was  obtained  under  great  difficulties,  but  he  availed 
himself  assiduously  of  such  as  he  had,  aud  by  judicious  reading  in  later  life 
he  has  made  himself  well  posted  on  all  general  subjects,  and  in  many  ways  is 
a  leader  among  men  possessed  of  greater  literary  abilities.  Stock  raising  and 
agricultural  pursuits  are  his  main  forte,  but  he  has  branched  out  in  mer- 
,  chandising  and  running  a  tannery  with  no  indifferent  success.  He  was  an 
uncompromising  Whig  up  to  the  breaking  out  of  the  rebellion,  and  since 
then  a  stalwait  Republican,  and  has  always  taken  an  active  interest  in  poli- 
tics, although  he  has  never  urged  his  own  claims  for  political  honors  with 
any  degree  of  persistency.  He  was  nominated  for  Governor  on  the  Repub- 
lican ticket  m  1874,  but  the  formation  of  a  third  party  gave  the  administra- 
tion into  the  hands  of  the  Democracy,  and  he  accepted  his  defeat  with  be- 
coming resignation.  He  was  appointed  Surveyor-General  in  1878,  and  has 
made  a  very  efficient  officer.  General  Tolman  is  a  low  built  man,  rather 
spare,  of  a  quick,  nervous  disposition,  sharp  features,  full  whiskers  and 
short  thick  hair,  well  nigh  whitened  with  age.  He  has  an  interesting  fam- 
ily and  enjoys  home  life.  He  is  a  man  of  strict  integrity  cind  unsullied 
reputation.    He  appreciates  his  friends  and  has  few,  if  any,  enemies. 


PROFESSOR  THOMAS  VAN  SOOY, 
Now  President  of  the  Willamette  University,  is  one  of  the  leading  instructors 
of  our  State,  and  is  rapidly  increasing  his  popularity  among  the  stiideuts 
and  patrons  of  the  institution  of  learning  over  which  he  pi-esides.  He  is  a 
gentleman  of  rare  literary  ability,  and  as  chief  executive  of  tlie  University 
has  surprised  even  his  most  ardent  admirers.  He  was  born  in  White  county, 
Indiana,  February  13,  1848,  his  father,  William  Van  Scoy,  having  emigrated 
there  from  West  Virginia  the  year  previous.  Thomas  was  the  youngest  of 
a  family  of  fourteen  children.  He  worked  on  the  farm  with  his  father,  at- 
tending school  in  the  winter  months,  till  eighteen  years  of  age,  when  he  en- 
tered school  at  Battle  Ground  Collegiate  Institute,  where  General  Harrison 
fought  the  Indians  in  1811  on  the  Tippecanoe  river.  After  spending  two 
years  in  this  school  he  attended  Brookston  Academy  in  his  native  county 
forabout  a  year,  and  in  1869  he  matriculated  at  the  Northwestern  Univer- 
sity at  Evanston,  Illinois,  from  which  institution  he  graduated  in  a  class  of 
thirty  in  1875;  Leaving  college  he  entered  the  ministry  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church,  and  was  stationed  at  Rensselaer,  Indiana,  where  he 
spent  tliree  years  in  preaching,  having  received  into  the  church  during  that 
time  three  hundred  members.  At  the  close  of  the  ministry  in  this  place,  he 
again  entered  school  at  Garrett  Biblical  Institute.  In  1880  he  graduated 
from  this  school  and  immediately  came  to  Oregon  to  take  the  chair  of 
Greek  in  Willamette  University,  which  position  he  occupied  for  a  little 
more  than  one  year,  when  he  was  elected  President  of  the  same  institution. 


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At  the  close  of  the  Sophomore  year,  while  in  college,  Prof.  Van  8coy  was 
called  to  the  Principalship  of  Brookston  Academy.  He  taught  here  three 
years  and  then  resigned  in  order  to  resume  his  studies.  Prof.  Viui  Scoy  is 
a  pleasant-appearing  gentleman  and  one  well  calculated  to  make  friends 
with  all  with  whom  he  is  intimately  associated.  He  is  liighly  esteemed  by 
his  pupils  who,  while  they  realize  his  power  of  discipline  are  none  the  less 
cognizant  of  the  fact  that  he  is  deeply  interested  in  their  persoujil  advance- 
ment in  study,  and  in  order  to  aid  them  in  their  literary  pursuits  willingly 
devotes  hours  of  time  which  rightfully  are  his  own.  We  have  often  seen 
him  with  his  coat  off  and  hammer  and  nails  in  his  hand  repairing  the  Uni- 
versity fences,  engaged  in  setting  out  shrubbery,  or  in  some  way  adding  to 
the  beauty  of  the  campus,  thus  evincing  an  interest  in  the  general  appear- 
ance of  the  surroundings,  in  appreciation  of  the  fact  that  all  tended  tDwards 
making  the  students  more  interested  in  their  studies.  Mr.  Van  Hcoy  is 
rather  tall  and  slender,  with  a  pleasant  face,  mild  blue  eye,  auburn  hair  and 
whiskers  and  a  high  forehead.  He  always  dresses  with  taste  and  keeps  up 
the  good  old-fashioned  style  of  literary  gentlemen,  wearing  a  white  vest.  He 
was  married  September  22,  1875,  to  Miss  .Jennie  E.  Thomas,  their  family  con- 
sisting of  one  child.  Politically  speaking  he  is  a  Republican,  and  takes  a 
lively  interest  in  the  success  of  that  party.  In  connection  with  Prof.  Van 
Scoy,  who  takes  so  active  an  interest  in  the  success  of  the  institution,  we 
consider  it  but  just  to  give  a  short  sketch  of  the 


WILLAMETTE    UNIVERSITY. 

In  1844  a  building  which  had  been  constructed  at  a  cost  of  |!lO,00()on  the 
same  grounds,  where  now  the  Willamette  University  stands,  for  the  use  of 
the  Oregon  Mission  Manual  Labor  School,  was  purchased  and  a  school  es- 
tablished under  the  name  of  Oregon  Institute.  This  scliool  began  the  same 
year  with  twenty  pupils.  It  was  incorporated  as  Willamette  University  in 
1853,  and  began  its  career  in  college  work.  It  has  sustained  a  degree  of 
prosperity,  in  some  respects,  unexcelled  by  any  other  institution  of  learning 
on  the  coast.  A  building  in  the  form  of  a  Greek  cross,  four  stories  high 
and  eighty  feet  square  was  erected  in  1867.  The  old  building  was  destroyed 
by  fire  in  1871.  In  the  new  building  are  a  chapel,  seven  recitation  rooms, 
two  halls  for  literary  societies,  a  library  and  apparatus  room,  president's 
room,  besides  several  rooms  occupied  by  students.  There  are  four  well  or- 
ganized literary  societies,  in  connection  with  whicli  are  two  small  hbraries. 
The  library  of  the  University  contains  2,500  volumes.  The  departments  of 
the  University  are:  1,  College  of  Liberal  Arts;  2,  Medical  College,  organ- 
ized in  1866;' 3,  Woman's  College,  organized  in  1880;  4,  Conservatory  of 
Music,  organized  in  1881;  5,  Art  Department,  in  1881;  (5,  University  Acad- 
emy, organized  with  a  three  years'  preparatory  course  in  1880,  The  present 
value  of  property  belonging  to  this  institution  is  estimated  at  about 
S90,OOU,  $63,000  of  which  is  in  real  estate  and  buildings,  and  .'S;27,000  in  cash 
endowments.  From  1850  to  1860  Rev.  F.  S.  Hoyt,  D.  D.,  was  President; 
1860  to  1865,  T.  M.  Gatch,  Ph.  D.;  1865  to  1867,  Rev.  J.  H. 
Wythe,     M.     D.;    1867    to    1868,    Rev.    L.     T.     Woodward,   A.    M.,    was 


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REPRESENTATIVE  MEN  OF  OREGON. 


acting  Preaideut;  1868  to  1870,  Rev.  Nelson  Rounds,  D.  D.;  1870  to 
1871),  T.  M.  Gatcb,  Ph.  D.;  1879  to  1880,  Rev.  Charles  E.  Lambert,  A.  M., 
B.  ix;  Since  1880,  Rev.  Thomas  Van  Scoy,  A.  M.,  B.  D.,  has  been  President. 
The  def,'reeB  conferred  in  Willamette  Univeisity  on  examination  are,  Bach- 
elor of  Arts,  Bachelor  of  Philosophy,  Bachelor  of  Science,  Mistress  of  Eng- 
lish Literature  and  Doctor  of  Medicine, 


HON    JOHN    KELLY. 

Tlie  uame  of  the  subject  of  this  sketch  will  be  long  remembered  in  the 
annala  of  this  State.  Hia  positiveness  of  character  and  disposition  have  be- 
come proverbial,  and  when  once  his  mind  is  made  up  on  any  subject  it  is 
next  to  an  impossibility  to  change  it.  Like  all  pioneers  to  this  coast  who 
have  emerged  into  public  life,  Mr.  Xslly  understands  himself  thoroughly, 
and  dares  to  pursue  a  coiirse  consistent  with  his  ideas  of  right,  in  the  face 
of  any  and  all  opposition,  be  it  of  a  political  or  personal  character.  He 
was  born  in  Dublin,  Ireland,  May  3,  1818,  and  came  to  Canada  in  1838 
and  to  Vermont  in  1840.  He  went  to  Wisconsin  in  1843,  where  he  resided 
until  184(),  when,  the  Mexican  war  breaking  out,  he  enlisted  in  a  Missouri 
cavalry  company  and  served  during  the  war.  At  its  close,  in  1849,  he  ac- 
companied the  Mounted  Rifles  to  this  coast  in  the  capacity  of  wagon 
master.  In  January,  1853,  Mr. Kelly  was  married  tn  Miss  Elizabeth  Parker, 
and  settled  on  a  farm  in  the  Umpqua  valley.  In  1861  he  was  appointed 
Register  of  Public  Lauds  at  Roseburg,  which  position  he  filled  with  credit 
to  himself  and  the  government  he  represented  for  a  period  of  eight  years, 
and,  declining  a  re-appoint  mtnt,  he  returned  to  his  farm.  He  afterwards 
moved  to  Lane  county,  where  he  continued  to  reside  until  1876,  when  he 
was  appointed  Collector  of  Customs  at  Portland,  which  position  he  held 
until  1880.  He  proved  a  very  efficient  officer  and  gave  very  general  satis- 
faction to  the  business  men  of  this  city  with  whom  the  business  of  his  office 
brought  him  in  almost  daily  contact.  Mr.  Kelly  is  a  man  something  below 
the  mciium  height,  rather  heavy  built,  and  a  ruddy,  healthy  complexion. 
He  is  a  very  sociable  gentleman  and  a  pronounced  Republican,  and,  as  such, 
has  always  taken*  a  lively  interest  in  politics.  He  is  the  personification  of 
industry  and  activity  in  whatever  he  undertakes,  and,  as  a  friend  or  neigh- 
bor, he  stands  high  with  his  fellow-men. 


DR.    S.    R.    JESSUP, 

A  well-known  and  popular  physician  of  Salem,  and  one  whose  kind,  atten- 
tive treatment  of  tlie  sick  and  geniality  of  manner  towards  the  well  have 
made  him  deservedly  the  favorite  of  all  classes,  was  born  in  Stillisville,  In- 
diana, April  23,  1839,  where  he  resided  until  he  was  about  eleven  years  of 
age,  when  with  his  parents  he  moved  to  Iowa  and  worked  on  the  farm.  By 
dint  of  teaching  through  the  summers  he  was  enabled  to  attend  school 
during  the  winter  months.  He  came  to  Oregon  in  1863  and  settled  in 
Yamhill  county.  He  studied  medicine  at  Fort  YamMll  until  1866,  and  af- 
terwards attended  lectures  at  Toland  College,  San   Francisco.     He  then 


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went  up  to  the  Warm  Springs  Indian  Agency,  where  he  spent  a  year  as 
"  medicine  man"  among  the  aborigines.  He  returned  to  Salem  and  grad- 
uated from  the  Medical  Department  of  the  Willamette  University  in  1S(J8. 
He  settled  in  Dallas,  where,  ou  August  26,  1868,  he  was  married  to  Miss  S. 
Coshow.  He  went  East  and  in  1871  graduated  at  the  Bellevne  Hospital  and 
Medical  College  in  New  York  City,  and  returnin;,'  to  Oregon  he  settled  at 
Salem,  where  he  has  since  resided.  He  occupied  the  chair  of  Professor  of 
Anatomy  in  the  Medical  Department  of  the  Willamette  University  for  sev- 
eral years.  In  1879  he  received  the  unanimous  vote  of  his  ward  as  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Common  Council,  which  compliment  was  again  paid  him  in  1880. 
The  Doctor  is  a  short,  thick-set  gentleman  with  pleasant  features,  a  bright, 
keen  eye,  face  well  covered  with  whiskers  of  a  dark  brown,  and  a  good- 
shaped  head.  He  is  an  indefatigable  worker  and  very  attentive  to  his  pa- 
tients. He  is  considered  one  of  our  most  successful  physicians  and  enjoys 
a  lucrative  practice.  Always  genial,  courteous  and  good  natured,  he  im- 
bues cheerfulness  to  those  around  liim,  and  is  respected  and  esteemed  by 
all  who  know  him.  He  is  a  pronounced  Republican,  though  liberal  in  his 
views,  but  is  not  a  candidate  for  office,  being  too  much  attached  to  his  pro- 
fession. 


VAN  B.  DE  LASHMUTT,  ESQ.. 
A  well-known  resident  of  Portland,  is  now  in  the  full  prime  and  vigor  of 
manhood,  having  first  seen  the  glorious  hght  of  day  in  Burlington,  lowji, 
July  27,  1842.  "  Van,"  as  he  is  familiarly  known,  came  into  this  world  with 
a  whoop  and  a  yell,  and,  to  tell  the  truth,  he  has  been  making  things  li\ely 
ever  since.  With  his  parents  he  came  across  the  plains  to  Oregon,  and  the 
family  located  on  a  farm  in  Polk  county,  where  he  remained  until  lie  was 
fifteen  years  of  age,  when,  farm  life  proving  burdensome  to  "  Van,"  who  was 
naturally  of  a  stirring  disposition,  and  an  adventurous,  enterprising  turn  of 
mind,  he  struck  out  for  Salem,  where  he  entered  the  "  Statesman"  office  as 
an  apprentice  at  the  printer's  trade.  The  paper  was  then  edited  by  Hon. 
A.  Bush,  who  was  making  things  generally  tropical.  In  September,  1861, 
young  DeLashmutt  enlisted  as  a  private  in  the  Third  California  Volunteer 
Infantry,  and,  with  his  company,  served  three  years  on  the  plains,  the  life 
proving  decidedly  irksome  and  monotonous  at  times.  The  regiment  was 
under  command  of  Gen.  Connor.  In  the  winter  of  1863-4  Mr.  DeLashmutt 
published  the  "  Union  Vidette"  in  Salt  Lake  City,  and,  as  a  Gentile  paper, 
threw  hot  shot  into  the  camps  of  Mormonism  for  several  months.  The  ex- 
citement of  this  enterprise  proved  acceptable  to  DeLashmutt,  but  he  finally 
disposed  of  his  interest  in  the  paper  and  was  next  heard  of  at  Washoe  City, 
Nevada,  in  1865,  where  he  purchased  the  "  Times,"  and,  for  a  few  mouths, 
showed  the  residents  of  that  part  of  the  country  how  to  run  a  newspaper. 
The  enterprise,  however,  did  not  "  pan  out"  very  well,  so  "  Van"  packed  his 
collar  box  and  took  a  bee  line  for  Oregon,  the  country  of  big  wheat  fields, 
webbed  feet,  pretty  girls,  and  big  red  apples.  He  reached  Portland  in  the 
winter  of  1865-6  and  accepted  a  case  on  the  "  Daily  Oregonian."  He  applied 
himself  closely  to  his  work  and  managed  to  lay  by  some  money,  with  which. 


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in  1868,  he  went  into  partnership  with  H.  B.  Oatman,  Esq.,  in  the  grocery 
business.  We  do  not  doubt  but  that  "  Van"  sanded  his  sugar  and  watered 
bis  vinegar  as  faithfully  as  any  of  his  competitors,  but  even  then  the  busi- 
ness was  too  slow  for  him,  and  he  began  looking  around  for  new  fields  to  ' 
conquer.  The  inauguration  of  the  railroad  system  in  Oregon  about  that 
time  created  a  boom  in  real  estate  in  Portland,  and  in  1871,  having  disposed 
of  their  grocery  business,  we  find  the  firm  of  DeLashmutt  &  Oatman 
branching  out  into  the  real  estate  and  general  brokerage  business.  This 
was  just  the  business  for  a  live,  enterprising  man  like  Mr.  DeLashmutt, 
and,  within  a  very  few  months,  they  had  in  their  hands  property  for  sale 
and  rent  aggregating  in  value  many  thousands  of  dollars,  and  some  of  their 
real  estate  transfers  netted  the  enterprising  young  firm  a  handsome  margin. 
"  Van"  is  chuck  full  of  business  and  knows  no  such  word  as  fail.  He  is  ju- 
dicious in  his  speculations  and  is  willing  to  take  fair  risks.  From  an  ob- 
scure firm  they  have  arisen  to  a  level  with  any  real  estate  firm  in  Portland, 
and  their  business  is  rapidly  increasing,  and,  from  a  poor  boy,  who  in  1856 
was  willing  to,  and  did  for  sometime,  wash  dishes  for  his  board  at  Bethel, 
in  this  State,  Mr.  DeLashmutt  to-day  stands  as  one  of  the  solid  men  of 
Multnomah  county,  a  man  whose  word  is  as  good  as  his  bond,  and  one  thor- 
oughly esteemed  by  all  who  know  him.  He  has  recently  interested  himself 
in  the  organization  of  the  Metropolitan  Savings  Bank,  and  has  just  been 
elected  as  its  President,  another  mark  of  the  esteem  and  confidence  reposed 
in  him  by  the  public.  He  has  never  taken  a  very  active  interest  in  politics, 
although  he  is  a  strong  Republican.  No  man  in  Portland  afibrds  a  better 
examjjle  of  what  pluck  and  industry  will  do  than  does  Mr.  DeLashmutt, 
and  Dame  Fortune  has  not  yet  forsaken  him  by  any  means.  "  Van"  is  a 
friend  in  need  to  those  who  are  or  have  been  a  friend  to  him. 


PROFESSOR  THOMAS  CONDON 
Was  born  near  Fermoy,  on  the  river  Blackwater,  in  the  South  of  Ireland, 
sixty  years  ago.  When  he  was  ten  years  old  his  father  migrated  with  his 
family  to  America,  and  found  a  home  on  New  York  Island,  a  few  miles 
north  of  the  city.  The  family  was  poor  and  the  children  at  an  early  age 
left  home  to  support  themselves.  The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  the  oldest 
of  the  children,  and  employment  was  soon  found  for  him  with  a  gardener 
in  the  neighborhood,  who  raised  fiowers  for  the  New  York  market.  The 
boy's  evenings  were  always  spent  in  study,  a  habit  soon  noticed  and  kindly 
encouraged  by  his  employer's  family,  until  it  became  plain  that  an  earnest 
student's  habits  had  taken  fast  hold  of  his  life.  This  led  to  the  selection  of 
a  new  situation  for  him,  that  of  office  boy  in  the  office  of  a  distinguished 
physician  in  Broadway,  New  York.  Here  the  fullest  opportunity  was  given 
him  for  study,  the  fine  library  of  the  family  was  at  once  and  kindly  opened 
to  his  use.  Private  lessons  in  drawing  and  mathematics  were  added,  and 
after  two  or  three  years  of  this  drill  and  culture,  a  place  was  secured  for 
him  in  a  surveying  party  on  the  survey  of  the  New  York  and  Erie  railroad, 
then  in  progress.  The  commercial  disaster  of  1837  broke  this  up,  and  he 
found  employment  as  a  clerk  in  a  New  York  tea  store.    Two  years  of  thi^ 


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work  varied  his  experience  of  life,  and  he  next  moved  out  West  to  Mich- 
igan, with  his  father,  to  find  there  a  home  for  the  family.  The  father  re- 
turned to  New  York,  a  few  months  later,  and  the  son  remained  iu  Onondajra 
county,  New  York.  Here  he  continued  for  several  years,  alternately  teach- 
ing to  earn  means,  and  then  attending  some  neighboring  academy  or  sem- 
inary to  continue  his  own  progress.  It  was  during  this  period  -1840  to 
1849— that  the  Geological  Report  of  the  State  of  New  York  was  published. 
The  study  of  the  successive  volumes  of  this  report  gave  a  new  and  e;ir:iest 
energy  to  his  pursuit  of  natural  science;  and  the  stone  (piarries  of  Onon- 
daga, Cayuga  and  Madison  counties,  to  whose  examination  every  hour  of 
leisure  was  devoted,  furnished  materials  to  intensify  his  increasing  love  of 
the  study  of  geology.  Occasional  lectu7-es  and  frequently  pubhshed  articles 
from  his  pen  at  this  time  gave  public  expression  to  his  interest  in  this 
special  line  of  study.  In  1849  he  entered  the  Theological  Seminary  at 
Auburn,  N.  Y.,  from  which  he  graduated  in  1852.  In  the  fall  of  1852  he 
was  married  to  Miss  Cornelia  Holt,  of  Niagara  county,  N.  Y.,  and  with  his 
bride  started  for  Oregon.  They  located  at  St.  Helens,  on  tlie  Columbia,  in 
the  spring  of  1853,  when  the  yoiuag  preacher  became  a  missionary  to  the 
people  and  a  teacher  of  the  town  school.  Ague  impaired  Mrs.  Condon's 
health,  and  a  call  to  preach  at  Forest  Grove  was  cheerfully  accepted  as  a 
means  to  reach  a  less  malarial  climate.  St.  Helens,  Forest  Grove  and  Al- 
bany became  successive  fields  of  labor.  In  1802  a  new  field  opened  at  The 
Dalles,  and  into  this  Mr.  Condon  entered  with  fresh  zeal.  Dalles  people 
still  remember  how  much  of  earnest  work  and  cheering  fruits  clustered 
around  twelve  years  of  earnest  efibrt  here.  It  was  during  this  period  that 
Prof.  Condon  published  to  the  people  of  the  Pacific  coast  those  interesting 
discoveries  he  made  in  the  geology  of  the  Jolm  Day  valley  and  tlie  valley 
of  the  Crooked  river,  especially  those  of  the  fossil  horse.  The  first  of  these 
fossil  horse  bones  was  brought  to  Prof.  Condon  by  our  present  Governor 
Moody,  who  found  some  men  digging  a  well  iu  1860,  half  way  between  the 
Touchet  river  and  Palouse  Landing.  They  had  dug  sixty-eight  feet  with- 
out fin  ding  water,  but  at  that  depth  struck  some  bones.  Mr.  Moody  brought 
these  to  Prof.\ Condon,  who  found  them  to  be  horse  bones,  and  so  published 
soon  after  in  a  lecture  in  Portland.  This  was  some  time  before  Prof. 
Marsh's  discoveries,  but  inasmuch  as  the  facts  were  only  published  in  a 
public  lecture  instead  of  through  a  scientific  journal  or  society.  Prof.  Con- 
don was  not  scientifically  entitled  to  the  credit.  After  this  discoveries  in 
the  geology  of  Oregon  rapidly  multiplied,  and  Prof.  Condon's  frequent  pub- 
lic lectures  have  for  years  continued  to  keep  the  people  of  Oregon  posted 
on  their  results.  In  1872  Prof.  Condon  was  made  State  Geologist  of  Ore- 
gon, which  office  he  resigned  on  accepting  the  cliair  oi  Geology  ot  the  State 
University.  In  1874  he  was  elected  Geological  Lecturer  and  soon  after  Pro- 
fessor of  Geology  in  the  college  at  Poorest  Grove.  In  1876,  at  the  organ- 
ization of  the  Faculty  of  the  State  University  at  Eugene,  Prof.  Condon  was 
chosen  Professor  of  Geology  and  Natural  History,  which  post  he  still  occu- 
pies, spending  as  of  old  his  vacations  in  new  geological  researches,  and  thus 
adding  to  the  scope  and  scientific  value  of  a  fine  cabinet  which  has  grown 


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under  his  hand.  The  Professor  is  an  active,  wiry  little  man  of  low  stature 
and  untiring  industry.  He  is  au  enthusiast  on  the  subject  of  geology.  As 
a  personal  friend  he  is  invaluable  and  cannot  do  too  much  for  those  lie 
likes.  As  a  man  and  neighbor  none  excel  him,  and  he  is  universally  es- 
teemed by  all  who  are  acquainted  with  him.  Genial,  suave,  polite  and 
courteous,  he  wins  his  way  at  once  to  the  hearts  of  those  with  whom,  hp 
comes  in  contact,  and  stands  to-day  a  man  honored,  esteemed  and  revered 
among  men.  Although  a  teacher,  he  is  still  a  student  and  ever  will  remain 
one.  Nature  is  constantly  revealing  her  secrets  to  him,  and  his  ambition  is 
to  be  the  fii-st  to  reveal  and  simplify  her  mysteries  to  the  world  at  large. 
His  cabinet  of  minerals,  etc.,  is  indeed  a  valuable  one  and  should  be  pur- 
chased of  him  by  the  State  and  Prof.  Condon  himself  employed  at  a  liberal 
salary  to  continue  his  interesting  researches  and  in  published  reports  in- 
form the  world  at  large  how  rich  we  a^e  in  mineral  resources.  The  cabinet 
is  the  result  of  years  of  labor,  and  were  it  destroyed  in  any  way  could  never 
be  replaced.  The  Professor  would  hesitate  l®ug  before  parting  with  it,  but 
he  would  sooner  dispose  of  it  in  this  way,  no  doubt,  than  to  sell  it  to  parties 
outside  of  the  State,  he  having  received  many  oflFers  for  it  already.  As  a 
traveling  companion,  although  a  man  of  sober  thought  and  dignified  at 
times,  he  is  none  the  less  fond  of  a  joke,  and  is  a  wit  in  his  quiet,  serious 
way.  He  is  a  good  talker  and  is  prepared  with  anecdote  for  one,  theology 
for  another,  politics  for  the  third,  fish  for  another,  mirth  for  another,  senti- 
mentality for  those  who  desire  it,  and  at  all  times  and  under  all  circum- 
stances is  brim  full  and  running  over  with  natural  history  and  geology.  Ih 
a  word.  Prof.  Condon  is  one  of  God's  noblemen,  and  no  pen  sketch  written 
by  us  has  so  utterly  failed  to  convey  our  estimation  of  the  man's  true  worth 
than  has  the  one  completed  at  this  point. 

C.    B.    WATSON 

Was  born  at  Time,  Pike  county,  Illinois,  on  the  25th  of  November,  1849,  and 
is  therefore  33  years  of  age.  In  1860  his  parents  removed  to  Logan  county, 
where  in  1862  his  father  enlisted  in  the  106th  Ilhnois  Volunteers,  ana  re- 
mained in  active  service  until  the  close  of  the  war.  This  left  the  boy  at  the 
age  of  13  to  support  a  family  of  nine,  all  younger  than  himself  except  one 
sister.  His  father  was  a  farmer  and  in  the  cornfield  the  boy  passed  his  time 
until  20  years  of  age.  This  portion  of  his  life  constituted  one  of  the  severest 
trials  that  an  ambitious  youth  could  well  bear.  He  could  not  attend  school, 
and  the  small,  still  hours  of  night  found  him  wrestling  with  a  meagre  sup- 
ply of  books  and  no  teacher,  while  from  daylight  till  dark  the  winter's 
storms  and  summer's  heat  found  him  toiling  for  the  support  of  the  family. 
At  the  end  of  the  war  his  father  returned  -to  the  family,  reduced  by  the 
hardships  of  such  a  life  to  a  wreck  of  his  former  self,  from  which,  though 
he  lived  until  1878,  he  never  recovered.  Young  Watson's  task  as  head  of 
the  family  continued  without  intermission  until  1870,  when  he  borrowed 
$100  and  came  to  California.  He  reached  Sacramento  City  October  1st 
with  one  dollar  and  fifty  cents.  He  secured  a  job  of  wood  chopping  on 
Cache  creek,  near  Woodland,  for  seven  months,  losing  but   seven   days  in 


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chat  time.  He  tiieu  came  to  Oregon,  stopping  in  Rogue  river  valley,  where 
he  spent  the  summer  of  1871."  In  the  fall  of  the  same  year  and  during  the 
winter  he  attended  school  at  Ashland,  where  he  paid  l)oard  by  cutting  wood 
and  "doing  chores."  In  the  spring  of  1872  he  commenced  teaching  scliool. 
After  teacliing  tor  a  short  period  he  and  six  others  started  for  Boise  City 
with  a  band  of  horses.  Returning  in  the  fall  of  that  year  he  again  attended 
school  at  Ashland  Academy.  The  summer  and  fall  of  1873  was  spent  in 
teaching  and  in  surveying.  In  May,  1874,  he  received  the  nomination  for 
Representative  by  the  Republicans  of  Jackson  county,  but  was  defeated 
He  was  married  September  1,  1874,  to  Miss  Ella  J.  Ghitwood,  daughter  of 
J.  H.  Chitwood.  From  1874  to  187(5  lie  was  connected  with  Dr.  Chit  wood 
in  a  drug  store,  and  during  that  period  studied  law.  In  1875  he  became  a 
candidate  for  Prosecuting  Attorney  for  tlie  First  Judicial  District,  and  was 
beaten  bv  185  votes.  In  1877 he  took  charge  of  the  "Oregon  Sentinel,"  which 
position  he  held  for  neaily  a  year.  In  December  of  that  year  he  was  ad- 
mitted by  the  Supreme  Court  of  Oregon.  l!i  March,  1878,  he  went  to  Lake 
county  and  opened  an  office  and  in  November  with  his  brother,  W.  W.  Wat- 
son, established  the  "State  Line  Heralcj."  In  this  year  his  name  was  again 
placed  on  the  Republican  ticket  as  a  candidate  for  District  Attorney  of  the 
First  District,  but  he  declined  to  run.  In  the  early  part  of  1880  he  enlarged 
the  "Herald"  and  made  it  a  stalwart  Reptiblican  paper.  In  April,  1880,  he 
was  placed  on  the  Republican  ticket  as  a  candidate  for  Presidential  Elector, 
and  received  tlie  highest  vote  on  the  ticket.  During  this  canvass  his  news- 
paper office  was  bjarned  with  all  in  it.  In  November,  1880,  he  changed  his 
residence  to  Portland  and  during  the  last  campaign  made  a  canvass  of  a 
portion  of  the  State  in  behalf  of  the  Republican  party. 


FRED    PAGE    TUSTIN,    ESQ. 

The  old  countries  of  the  Eastern  continent  have  contributed  largely  to 
the  talent  of  this,  our  own  free  America,  and.  generally  speaking,  those  who 
have  received  their  education  in  the  schools  of  old  England  and  come  hither 
and  adopted  our  manners  and  customs  without  forcing  upon  us,  as  many 
do,  taunts  and  sneers  of  superciliousness,  rarely  fail  to  make  warm  and  last- 
ing friends  and  to  meet  with  the  business  success  they  so  deservedly  merit. 
Their  educational  training,  when  rigidly  followed,  is  perhaps  superior  to 
our  own.  and,  when  preparing  for  a  profession  the  English  student  is,  be- 
yond a  doubt,  put  through  a  better  course  of  pieparatory  study  than  is  he 
who  pursues  the  same  profession  under  the  American  system  of  prepara- 
tion. The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  and  raised  on  English  soil  and 
did  not  leave  his  native  land  until  along  in  1872,  at  which  time  he  was  about 
twenty-four  years  of  age,  having  been  born  in  the  city  of  Oxford.  England, 
November  7,  1848.  He  studied  law  with  Edward  Vcre  Nicoll,  at  Shipston,  in 
the  county  of  Worcester,  England,  from  1864  to  1872.  In  the  spring  of  the 
latter  year  he  started  for  Oregon,  reaching  Roseburg  on  July  3d  of  the  same 
year.  While  in  Roseburg  he  was  engaged  in  various  pursuits,  in  all  of 
which  he  succeeded  in  gaining  warm  and  steadfast  friends  by  liis  quiet,  in- 
dustrious habits  and  gentlemanly  deportment.     As  soon,  however,  as  he  had 


92         REPRESENTATIVE  MEN  OF  OREGON. 


been  in  Oregon  a  sufficient  length  of  time  to  gain  a  citizenship  he  again  ap- 
phed  himself  to  the  study  of  law,  having  meantime  moved  to  Albany  and 
entered  the  office  of  Weatherford  &  Piper.  He  was  admitted  to  practice 
before  the  Supreme  Court  of  this  State,  in  December,  1877,  in  the  latter 
part  of  which  month  he  moved  to  Pendleton,  in  Umatilla  county,  where  he 
has  since  resided,  devoting  his  attention  to  the  practice  of  law  and  engag- 
ing somewhat  in  agricultural  pursuits.  Mr.  Tustin  is  a  young  man  of  rare 
educational  talent  and  is  destined  to  become  one  of  the  leaders  in  the  legal 
profession  of  Eastern  Oregon,  where  he  is  making  friends  rapidly  and  build- 
ing up  a  lucrative  hne  of  practice.  He  has  always  been  a  strong  Republi- 
can and  a  firm  believer  in  the  doctrine  of  the  majority  rule,  and  has  since 
1878  been  an  active  member  of  the  Republican  State  Central  Committee 
and  has  been  a  regular  attendant  at  its  meetings  and  also  at  the  State  Re- 
publican conventions.  He  is  a  communicant  in  the  Protestant  Episcopal 
Church,  and  has  been  largely  instrumental  in  advancing  its  interests  in  that 
new  country.  He  is  also  an  influential  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias. 
Mr.  Tustin  is  a  gentleman  of  low  and  heavy  build,  slightly  obese,  with  full, 
ruddy  face,  covered  with  brown  whiskers,  a  well-shaped  head,  eyes  of  blue, 
and  deep-set  brown  hair,  and  of  a  genial,  courteous  disposition.  He  was 
married  at  Roseburg,  August  25,  1874,  to  Miss  Annie  Sanderson,  grand- 
daughter of  tlie  late  Captain  Hembree,  of  Yamhill  coimty,  who  died  and 
was  buried  in  the  cemetery  at  Albany,  in  March,  1875.  By  the  way,  Mr. 
Tustin's  name  is  prominently  urged  by  citizens  of  Eastern  Oregon  for  the 
Executive  appointment  as  Circuit  Judge  of  the  recently  organized  Sixth 
Judicial  District.  ' 


RALPH  M.  DEMENT. 
The  profession  of  law  has  among  its  followers  many  young  men  possessed 
of  the  fiecessary  qualifications  which,  if  judiciously  administered,  will  with- 
in a  few  short  years  earn  for  them  a  prominent  place  in  the  ranks  of  the  le- 
gal fraternity,  there  being  to-day,  as  there  has  been  for  centuries  past, 
"plenty  of  room  at  the  top."  The  subject  of  this  sketch  is  one  of  that  num- 
ber who  has  it  in  his  power  to  become  a  leader,  having  been  favored  by  cir- 
cumstances, and  being  possessed  of  energy,  industry  and  ambition  sufficient 
to  nerve  him  to  the  contest  and  carry  him  onward  and  upward  toward  the 
very  summit  of  legal  fame.  He  was  born  in  Oregon  City  July  27,  1856,  his 
parents  being  classed  among  the  pioneers  of  this  State.  He  received  ex- 
cellent educational  advantages,  having  attended  the  public  schools  of  San 
Francisco,  Cal.,  and  graduating  in  1875  with  the  degree  of  B.  S.  in  the  Col- 
legiate Department  of  the  Columbian  University  at  Washington,  D.  C,  and 
subsequently,  in  1877,  with  that  of  L.  L.  B.,  in  the  Law  Department  of  the 
same  institution.  He  was  officially  connected  with  the  U.  S.  War  and  In- 
terior Departments  for  several  years.  In  1879  he  removed  to  Portland  to 
enter  upon  the  active  practice  of  his  profession,  and  formed  a  partnership 
with  Hon.  John  H.  Mitchell,  ex  U.  S.  Senator,  and  has  since  that  time  been 
m  constant  practice.  He  is  active  and  industrious  and  is  destined  to  be- 
come one  of  the  most  prominent  attorneys  of  the  State.     He  has  as  ye 


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hardly  reached  the  prime  of  life,  is  of  medium  hei^'ht,  slitfht  build,  browu 
hair  and  eyes,  and  of  a  social,  genial  disposition.  He  made  a  host  of  friends 
while  in  Salem  during  the  Legislative  sesaiou  just  closed,  where  he  was  a 
prominent  and  enthusiastic  supporter  of  Mitcliell  for  re-election  ta  the  U. 
S.  Senate.    He  is  unmarried. 


HON.  J.  L.  COLLINS, 
Now  a  resident  of  Dallas,  Polk  county,  was  born  in  Warren  count v  Mis- 
souri, May  9,  1833.  He  acquired  a  general  knowledge  of  the  rudimcntal 
principles  of  an  education  iu  the  imperfect  subscription  schools  of  that  i)art 
of  the  country.  In  1848  he  crossed  the  plains  Avith  ox  teams,  in  the  first 
company  that  ever  came  by  way  of  the  Klamath  lakes,  and  across  the  Sis- 
kiyou, Umpqua  and  Calapooia  mountains  into  the  Willamette  valley,  often 
driving  the  foremost  team  that  broke  down  the  thick  sage-brush  upon  the 
trackless  waste.  He  left  the  place  of  his  birth  on  the  20th  day  of  April, 
1846,  and  after  suffering  a  multitude  of  hardships  and  privations  almost  in- 
credible for  a  boy  of  thirteen  years,  arrived  on  the  Luckiamute,  in  Polk 
county,  on  the  5th  day  of  March,  1847,  having  remained  during  the  greater 
part  of  the  winter  iu  an  unoccupied  cabin  built  by  Eugene  Skinner,  near 
Eugene  City,  where,  in  company  with  Harrison  Turnedge,  who  agreed  to 
remain  with  him,  he  endured  great  hardships.  The  winter  was  a  severe 
one,  and  having  in  compassion  received  into  their  camp  an  old  sailor  named 
Samuel  Ruth,  who  was  badly  crippled,  and  Mr.  Turnedge  being  sick  and 
unable  to  leave  camp  a  good  portion  of  the  time,  it  devolved  upon  young 
Collins,  then  a  mere  boy,  to  shoulder  his  gun  and  with  its  breech  breaking 
the  ice  in  the  sloiighs  and  streams,  Avade  through  them  waist  deep  iu  order 
to  reach  good  hunting  grounds  on  the  other  shore  and  secure  game  in  suf- 
ficient quantities  to  meet  the  necessities  of  himself  and  his  unfoi-tunate 
companions.  In  the  spring  of  1847  his  father  settled  in  the  southern  part 
of  Polk  county.  He  worked  hard  every  day  helping  to  erect  and  improve 
their  rude  but  nowise  xmcomfortable  home.  Being  too  poor  to  procare 
lamp  oil  or  candles,  he  pursued  his  studies  at  night,  by  the  rude  fire-place 
lighted  with  pitch  wood.  After  a  few  years,  when  the  family  could  manage 
to  get  along  without  his  assistance,  he  was  permitted  to  go  to  the  institute 
at  Salem,  where,  by  working  hard  at  whatever  his  hand  could  find  to  do 
mornings  and  evenings  and  on  Saturdays,  he  made  his  way  tiirough  a  few 
terms  of  that  school,  then  under  the  management  of  Prof.  F.  S.  Hoyt  and 
his  excellent  wife.  While  at  Salem  he  read  law  for  a  time  under  Hon.  B.  F. 
Harding  and  Hon.  L.  F.  Cxrover.  In  1853  he  went  to  California,  where  he 
made  and  lost  a  considerable  fortune  in  mining.  Returning  home  in  18.55, 
the  Legislature  being  in  session  at  Corvallis,  he  was  employtid  by  Hon. 
Alonzo  Leland  to  report  the  proceedings  for  the  •'  Democratic  Standard," 
then  published  at  Portland.  The  capital  was  removed  during  the  session 
to  Salem,  and  a  few  days  before  the  adjournment  Capt.  B.  F.  Burch  organ- 
ized Company  B  of  the  recruiting  l-attalion  First  Regiment  of  Oregon 
Mounted  Volunteers,  for  service  in  the  Yakima  Indian  war.  Mr.  Collins  at 
once  enlisted,  and  after  the  adjournment  of  the  Assembly  he  joined  the 


94         EEPRESENTATIVE  MEN  OF  OEEGON. 


troops  in  the  field  on  the  Columbia  river,  just  above  The  Dalles,  and  was 
with  Col.  Thomas  E.  Cornelius  throughout  his  famous  "  horse-meat  cam- 
paign." These  volunteers  pursued  the  Indians  during  March  and  part  of 
April,  being  often  reduced  to  the  extremity  of  subsisting  upon  the  horses 
captured  from  or  abandoned  by  the  Indians  in  their  flip-ht.  He  was  in  sev- 
eral smart  skirmishes,  and  bore  a  part  in  the  battle  of  the  ^imcoe,  where 
the  gallant  Capt.  Hembree  fell,  that  won  for  him  the  respect  of  his  officers 
and  the  confidence  and  esteem  of  all  his  comrades  in  arms.  On  returning 
from  the  war  he  engaged  in  teaching  in  Polk  county,  diligently  pursuing 
his  studies.  In  November,  1859,  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  and  began  the 
l)ractice  of  law.  He  was  a  Democrat  in  politics  until  the  beginning  of  the 
rebellion,  when  he  abandoned  that  party  and  was  a  member  of  the  State 
Convention  at  Eugene  City,  and  aided  in  organizing  the  Eepublican  party 
for  its  first  effective  campaign  in  Oregon.  In  1861  he  married  Miss  Mary 
Whiteaker.  His  practice  grew  rapidly,  and  he  soon  acquired  a  comfortable 
home,  and  was  supremely  happy  in  the  prosperity  of  his  affairs.  His  wife 
died  in  1864,  leaving  one  child.  In  the  autumn  of  1864  he  was  elected 
Chief  Clerk  of  the  House  of  Eepresentatives,  which  office  he  also  filled  dur- 
ing the  special  session  of  1865.  In  1867  he  was  again  married  to  Miss  Mary 
E.  Kimes.  In  1869  he  was  appointed  Judge  of  Polk  county  by  Gov.  George 
L.  Woods,  to  fill  a  vacancy  occasioned  by  the  appointment  of  Judge  W.  C. 
Whitson  to  the  bench  in  Idaho.  .Judge  Collins  filled  this  office  with  such 
distinguished  abilitj',  fairness  and  justice  that  not  a  murmur  of  disappro- 
bation has, ever  been  heard  against  him,  even  from  his  political  opponents. 
He  is  still  pursuing  his  profession  at  Dallas,  in  the  enjoyment  and  esteem 
of  all  who  know  him.  He  is  a  man  of  positive  character;  tenacious,  obsti- 
nate and  fearless  in  pursuing  whatever  he  believes  to  be  right;  and  has  by 
his  own  exertions  acquired  an  education  superior  to  that  of  many  persons 
who  have  enjoyed  the  blessings  of  wealth  and  the  aid  of  colleges.  He  is  a 
forcible  speaker  and  a  graph  i  ■  writer.  He  is  warm-hearted  and  true  to 
those  who  win  his  confidence,  and  has  suffered  more,  perhaps,  from  adher- 
ing to  his  friends  in  their  adversity  than  from  any  other  cause. 


HON.  STEPHEN  FOWLER  OHADWICK. 
The  subject  of  this  sketch  is  a  native  of  Connecticut,  where  he  received 
his  education.  He  studied  law  in  the  city  of  New  York  and  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  in  that  State.  Immediately  after  his  admission  to  the  bar  he 
came  to  Oregon,  arriving  here  in  1851.  He  settled  in  Southern  Oregon, 
where  he  followed  his  profession  with  success  and  honorable  distincition. 
He  was  elected  to  represent  Douglas  county  in  the  Convention  that  framed 
the  Constitution  of  Oregon.  He  was  Presidential  Elector  in  1864  and  1868, 
and  was  the  messenger  in  1868  to  carry  the  vote  of  Oregon  to  Washington. 
In  1870  he  was  elected  Secretary  of  State  and  served  eight  years.  The  last 
two  years  he  became  Governor  under  the  Constitution,  on  the  resignation 
of  Gov.  Grover,  who  was  elected  to  the  TJ.  S.  Senate.  During  Gov.  Chad- 
wick's  term  as  Governor  the  State  was  inflicted  with  the  Indian  wars  of 
1877  and  1878;  that  of  1878  being  more  threatening  to  the  peace  of  our 


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State  east  of  the  moimtaius  than  any  war  that  had  precodod  it.  Tn  this 
war  the  Governor  served  in  person  and  was  at  the  front  dnririj,'  the  c«.ntinu- 
ance  of  the  war.  It  is  but  just  to  state  that  it  was  owin^'  to  his  personal 
presence  at  the  point  of  outbreak,  when  the  Snake  Indians  made  tlieir  de- 
scent on  the  settlements  and  burnt  Cayuae  Station,  that  the  fatal  blow  waa 
averted.  Gen.  Howard,  the  day  this  attack  was  made,  liad  ordered  liis 
troops,  at  an  early  hour,  to  move  to  a  point  east  of  the  Blue  Mountains,  be- 
lieving? that  the  Indians  were  in  advance  of  him.  Gov.  Chadwick,  at  the 
council  held  by  Gen.  Howard  with  Gov.  Ferry,  of  Wasliinyton,  and  Gov. 
Chadwick  at  Weston,  on  the  same  day,  was  convinced  that  the  Indians  were 
behind  Gen.  Howard  and  so  stated,  but  the  General,  feeliuK:  that  his  infor- 
mation was  reliable,  ordered  his  troops  to  go  in  search  of  tliem  in  the  direc- 
tion indicated.  Gov.  Chadwick  returned  to  Pendleton  that  night  to  learn, 
as  he  had  supposed,  that  the  Indians  were  behind  General  Howard  and 
were  threatening  the  settlements  with  destruction.  He  also  learned  that 
the  house  where  he  nooned  was  burnt  in  an  hour  after  he  left  it  by  the  In- 
dirns,  and  that,  on  leaving  the  station,  that  he  and  his  escort  passed  the 
Snakes,  concealed  in  ambush,  not  over  one  hundred  and  fifty  yards  from 
the  road.  He  gav«e  his  attention  at  once  to  the  wounded  and  to  the  safety 
of  the  inhabitants  that  were  gathered  into  Pendleton  for  protection,  and 
despatched  a  courier  after  night  to  Gen.  Howard,  or  any  officer  found,  to 
return  with  the  troops  that  were  taken  away.  This  courier  overtook  the 
troops  near  Walla  Walla.  They  returned  while  the  Snakes  were  digging 
rifle  pits  and  preparing  for  a  general  attack  as  well  as  for  defence.  The 
prompt  action  of  the  Governor  in  procuring  these  troops,  and  tlieir  imme- 
diate attack  on  the  Indians  that  followed,  was  the  means  of  driving  the  savages 
from  the  State,  and  saved  the  lives  and  property  of  the  people  of  Eastern 
Oregon.  During  the  entire  war  the  Governor  gave  his  personal  presence 
to  his  duties,  and  was  most  fortunate  in  his  efficient  conduct  of  that  war. 
Though  one  of  the  most  serious  and  threatening  to  our  State  and  Territo- 
ries of  Indian  wars,  it  was  conducted  and  closed  on  behalf  of  the  State  by 
the  executive,  with  great  economy  and  activity.  The  Governor,  at  the 
great  council  of  the  friendly  chiefs  and  the  military  officers  under  and  in- 
cluding General  Howard,  demanded  the  oiitlaws  that  were  responsible  for 
this  war,  and  who  were  known  to  the  chiefs.  General  Howard  assented  to 
this.  The  names  were  given,  and  the  Governor  had  them  arrested  and  they 
were  tried,  convicted  and  executed.  But  this  was  not  the  case  in  the  Mo- 
doc war.  The  demand  of  Gov.  Grover  for  the  outlaws  who  were  the  cause 
of  that  war  was  wholly  disregarded  by  the  military  who  tried  them,  per- 
mitting some  of  them  to  escape  punishment.  Gov.  Chadwick  has  received 
distinction  as  a  Mason,  having  filled  every  station  in  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
Masons,  including  that  of  Grand  Master,  seven  times  Master  of  a  lodge. 
Grand  Master  in  the  Lodge  of  Perfection.  He  has  received  the  thirty-third 
degree  in  the  Scotch  Rite.  As  Chairman  of  the  Committee  on  Foreign 
Correspondence  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Masons,  of  Oregon,  he  is  now  serv- 
ing his  seventeenth  year.  This  would  suggest  efficiency  and  ability,  and  he 
has  also  received  marked  distinction  as  an  Odd  Fellow.     In  early  life  he 


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obtained  a  knowledge  of  the  art  of  printing,  and  was  for  a  season  during 
bis  studies  a  writer  for  the  newspapers.  Gov.  Chadwick  is  a  gentleman  of 
low  stature  and  heavy  set,  slightly  inclined  to  corpulancy.  He  is  of  very 
pleasing  address  and  a  man  of  great  geniality  of  character.  As  a  public 
otiicer,  he  made  friends  rapidly,  and  the  vote  he  received  on  the  occasion  of 
his  re-election  to  the  office  of  Secretary  of  State  was  a  flattering  testimonial 
of  tlie  esteem  in  which  he  was  held  by  the  public.  As  a  speaker,  he  is  forci- 
ble, earnest  and  persuasive,  and  possesses  a  vast  fund  of  what  has  been 
termed  j^ersonal  magnetism.  Altiiough  now  turning  fifty  years  of  age,  he 
is  in  excellent  preservation  and  bids  fair  to  live  for  another  quarter  of  a 
century.  Gov.  Chadwick  held  many  minor  and  important  offices  in  early 
life.  He  was  Deputy  U.  b.  District  Attorney  and  acting  Prosecuting  At- 
torney under  our  Territorial  existence  in  Southern  Oregon,  and  was  the 
first  judge  of  Douglas  county  and  first  postmaster  of  Scottsburg.  He  has 
contributed  largely  by  his  valuable  writings  and  addresses  on  various  occa- 
sions, especially  those  delivered  at  the  laying  of  the  comer  stone  of  the 
State  Capitol  building,  and  at  the  pioneer  re-union,  to  the  history  of  our 
State.  He  was  married  in  1856  to  Miss  Jane  A.  Smith,  a  most  estimable 
lady  and  a  native  of  Virginia  and  of  an  excellent  family.  By  this  marriage 
there  are  four  children,  two  daughters  and  two  sons.  The  elder  daughter 
became  the  wife  of  W.  T.  Long,  Esq.,  of  Salem.  The  Governor  is  very  fond 
of  good  society,  and,  like  all  genial  men,  is  fond  of  good  plain  living,  which  he 
enjoys  as  much  as  any  gentleman  with  whom  we  ever  met.  His  genial  man- 
ners, liberal  and  charitable  disposition,  and  liis  many  acts  of  kindness  have 
won  for  him  a  host  of  friends,  of  whom  he  must  feel  justly  proud.  He 
prizes  highly  his  annual  feast  that  comes  off  on  the  first  day  of  January, 
when  he  makes  his  yearly  round  among  his  acquaintances,  and  he  is 
credited  with  ample  capacity  for  this  treat.  He  is  a  good  and  trusty  citizen 
of  the  olden  time  in  Oregon  and  a  resident  of  Salein,  in  our  State. 


GEORGE    HUMPHREY. 

No  man  is  better  or  more  favorably  known  in  Linn  county  than  is  he 
whose  name  heads  this  sketch,  and  who  is  at  present  the  Sheriff  of  that 
county.  He  was  born  in  Jefferson  county,  Ohio,  January  23,  1833,  and  with 
his  parents  moved  to  Illinois  in  1835,  and  a  year  later  moved  to  Iowa,  where 
be  resided  until  1865,  when  he  moved  to  Oregon  and  settled  in  Linn  county, 
where  he  has  resided  ever  since,  and  where  he  has  made  a  host  of  friends 
who  have  every  confidence  in  his  honesty,  efficiency  and  integrity,  and  that 
they  have  not  mistaken  their  man  is  evinced  by  the  fact  that  he  has  never 
betrayed  them,  and  by  his  obliging  and  accommodating  disposition  has 
ever  sliown  a  willingness  to  do  anything  in  his  power  to  show  his  apprecia- 
tion of  their  regard.  Mr.  Humphrey  never  had  many  educational  advan- 
tages, but  he  has  managed  to  pick  up  considerable  information,  and  is  to- 
day better  posted  on  general  subjects  than  many  who,  in  early  life,  enjoyed 
facilities  for  securing  knowledge  of  which  he  was  deprived.  Mr.  Humphrey 
was  for  eight  years  prior  to  1880  Deputy  Sheriff  of  Linn  county,  and  in 
1882  he  was  nominated  and  elected  Sheriff  of  that  county  by  a  handsome 


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majority.  Mr.  Humphrey  is  a  prominent  Mason,  witli  the  rank  of  Past 
Master  in  the  Bhie  Lodfje  and  P.  H.  P.  in  the  cliapter.  In  1K54  he  was 
married  to  Miss  Martha  Wills,  of  Monroe  county,  Iowa,  and  their  family  at 
present  consists  of  three  children.  Mr.  Humphrey  is  a  plain,  every-day 
sort  of  a  man,  of  a  little  more  than  ordinary  heig'ht,  ruddy  complexion, 
broad-shouldered,  and  a  lover  of  the  good  things  of  this  world.  Ho  is  an 
exponent  of  the  eternal  principles  of  the  unterrihed  Democracy,  and  is  a 
successful  politician.  His  generosity  and  good  nature  are  greatly  in  excess 
of  his  income,  and  were  it  not  for  the  will  power  of  the  man  over  liimself, 
he  would  be  poverty-stricken  to-day.  He  is  plain  and  imassuming  and 
makes  friends  rapidly. 


HON.    J.    O.    MORELAND, 

One  of  the  leading  attorneys  of  Oregon,  and  a  well-known  resident  of  Port- 
land, was  born  in  Tennessee  in  1844,  and  with  his  parents  came  to  Oregon 
in  1852  and  settled  in  the  woods  in  Clackamas  county,  where  they  endured 
the  hardships  and  privations  of  a  pioneer's  life.  He  was  raised  on  the  farm 
and  followed  the  plow  until  along  in  1860,  when  he  went  to  Portland  and 
commenced  learning  the  printer's  trade  and  worked  for  about  three  years 
and  a  half  on  the  old  "  Oregon  Farmer."  He  succeeded  in  laying  by  suffi- 
cient money  to  pay  his  expenses  during  his  somewhat  protracted  attend- 
ance at  the  Portland  academj'.  He  commenced  reading  law  in  1866  under 
the  late  Hon.  David  Logan,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1868.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  Portland  City  Council  from  1872  to  1875,  and  in  1877  was 
appointed  City  Attorney,  which  office  he  held  until  the  Common  Council 
accepted  his  resignation  in  1882.  During  his  incumbency  in  this  office,  his 
official  acts  never  failed  to  receive  the  unqualified  endorsement  of  all  good 
citizens,  as  he  was  ever  zealous  and  conscientious  in  the  discharge  of  his 
duties,  acting  ever  without  fear  or  favor,  and  enforcing  to  the  utmost  of  his 
ability  the  strict  letter  of  the  law.  He,  since  his  resignation  of  that  office, 
has  actively  resumed  the  practice  of  law  and  has  at  once  stepped  back  into 
the  prominent  position  heretofore  held  by  him.  As  an  attorney,  he  has  few 
superiors  on  this  coast,  and  a  client's  case  in  his  hands  receives  and  secures 
at  the  hands  of  the  court  all  the  merit  it  demands.  Mr.  Moreland  is  a  Re- 
publican and  takes  an  active  interest  in  politics.  He  was  married  in  1S67 
to  Miss  Abbie  B.  Kline,  and  they  have  three  children.  Mr.  Moreland  is  a 
pleasant-appearing  gentleman,  slight  build,  of  medium  height,  prominent 
features,  brown  hair  and  whiskers,  and  a  clear,  expressive  eye.  He  has  not 
yet  reached  the  meridian  of  life  and  his  era  of  usefulness  has  but  barely 
commenced. 

HON.    JOHN    0.    PEEBLES. 

The  subject  of  the  following  sketch  was  born  January  23,  1826,  in  West- 
moreland county,  Penn.  In  1838  he  removed  to  Elkhart  county,  ludiani^ 
and  in  1850  he  came  to  Oregon,  arriving  at  Oregon  City,  October  7th,  and  re- 
maining there  until  the  following  March,  when  he  removed  to  Marion  coun- 
ty, settling  at  Fairfield,  his  donation  claim  embracing  the  present  town  site. 


REPRESENTATIVE    MEN    OF    OREGON. 


In  ia'52  Mr.  Peebles  entered  public  life  as  Assistant  Clerk  of  the  House  of 
Representatives,  and  in  1853  lie  was  elected  to  the  Legislature,  serving  in 
the  House  with  Hon.  L.  P.  Grover  and  Hon.  E.  F.  Colby  as  colleagues.  In 
1854  he  Avas  elected  to  the  Council,  where  he  served  three  years  and  was 
afterwards  elected  a  member  of  the  Constitutional  Convention,  serving  as 
Chairman  of  the  Committee  on  Education.  In  1860  he  was  elected  State 
Librarian,  also  serving  as  Chief  Clerk  of  the  Senate  at  that  session.  In 
1862 'he  was  elected  County  Judge  of  Marion  County,  and  re-elected  in 
1866,  and  agaiu  in  1874,  serving  in  that  capacity  twelve  years.  In  1880  Mr. 
Peebles  was  Chief  Clerk  of  the  Senate.  He  also  served  as  Chief  Clerk 
of  the  Senate  the  last  time  the  Republicans  had  control  of  the  Senate 
prior  to  1880.  In  all  the  various  positions  which  Judge  Peebles  has  filled, 
he  invariably  closes  his  term  with  the  plaudit  of  "Well  done"  from  his 
constituents.  In  politics  Judge  Peebles  assisted  in  the  organization 
of  the  Democratic  party  in  the,  then,  Territory  of  Oregon,  and  acted 
Avith  that  party  up  to  the  inception  of  the  civil  war.  At  the  commence- 
ment of  the  war  he  unhesitatingly  cast  his  influence  in  favor  of  the 
Administration  of  President  Lincoln,  and  circulated  the  first  paper  to 
obtain  signatures  for  a  Union  meeting  in  the  City  of  Salem.  Since  then 
Judge  Peebles  has  been  an  unswerving  member  of  the  Republican  party 
and  was  honored  with  the  position  of  Chairman  of  the  Republican  State  • 
Conventions  of  1878  and  1880.  Mr.  Peebles  i-ead  law  for  two  years  prior 
to  coming  to  Oregon,  but  never  sought  admission  to  the  bar.  His  tastes 
inclined  to  agricultural  pursuits,  and  he  now  resides  three  and  a  half  miles 
south  of  Salem,  in  a  pleasant  home,  on  a  farm  on  the  line  of  the  O.  &  C.  R.  R. 
He  was  married  in  1851  to  Miss  E.  J.  Mark,  of  Clackamas  county,  Oregon. 
Five  children,  two  sous  and  three  daughters,  are  living,  the  eldest  son, 
George  A.,  is  a  graduate  of  Willamette  University,  attorney-at-law,  and 
now  principal  of  the  Salem  public  schools.  He  is  a  fine-looking  gentleman 
of  ordinary  height,  a  well-shaped  head,  slightly  bald,  sharp  and  prominent 
features  and  gray  hair  and  whiskers. 


JOHN  M.  PITTENGER,  ESQ. 
It  is  perfectly  natural  to  admire  pluck  and  ambition  in  a  young  man,  and 
this,  no  doubt,  is  one  reason  why  he  whose  name  heads  this  sketch  has  won 
so  many  friends  during  his  residence  in  Oregon.  He  is  of  that  class 
who  are  opposed  to  leading  the  routine  life  of  an  unambitious  citizen, 
but  with  the  energy  and  enterprise  characteristic  of  Young  America  when 
untrammeled  with  restraint,  he  seeks  higher  and  nobler  spheres  of  life  and 
looks  forward  to  securing  fame  and  fortune  before  ))eing  overtaken  by  old 
age.  Mr.  Pittinger  was  born  in  Medina  county.  Ohio,  August  18,  1855,  and 
attended  an  academic  course  at  Oberliu  in  that  State.  Although  raised  on 
a  farm  he  applied  himself  to  his  studies  with  the  laudable  purpose  in  view 
of  adopting  some  one  of  the  leading  professions.  He  taught  school  in  Ohio 
and  Michigan  and  came  to  Oregon  in  1878,  and  during  the  Avinter  of  1879-80 
was  Principal  of  the  Sheridan  Academy.  He  then  went  to  East  Portland 
and  has  speculated  some  in  real  estate,  and  acted  as  Deputy  Prosecuting 


REPRESENTATIVE    MEN    OF    OREGON.  in) 


Attorney  in  tliat  city.  He  has  recently  entered  the  law  oflfice  of  Caples 
&  Mulkey  with  a  view  of  completinj?  his  studies  and  applying  for  admission 
to  the  bar  at  the  March  terna  of  the  Supreme  Court.  Mr.  Pittenfrer  is  a 
young  gentleman  of  fine  personal  appearance,  hglit  built,  retjular  features, 
smooth  face,  with  the  exception  of  a  mustache,  and  dark  brown  hair.  He  is 
of  a  genial  disposition,  enjoys  a  joke  and  has  the  hapi)y  faculty  of  making 
friends  of  all  with  whom  he  comes  in  contact. 


W.  LUNDBERG 
Was  born  in  the  city  of  Copenhagen,  Denmark,  on  September  «;,  IKM].  He 
received  his  early  education  until  the  age  of  fourteen  under  the  direction 
of  private  instructors,  and  was  confirmed  according  to  the  rites  of  the 
Lutheran  Church.  Besides  his  mother  tongue,  he  became  master  of  Ger- 
man, French  and  English,  and  having  a  great  taste  for  mechanical  work, 
was  apprenticed  to  a  manufacturer  of  philosophical  and  mathematical  in- 
struments. His  uncle,  P.  Faber,  who  was  then  Director  General  of  the  gov- 
ernment telegraph,  instructed  him  in  the  use  of  the  instruments,  and 
through  him  the  youth  acquired  a  fondness  for  electrical  experiments. 
When  young  Lundberg's  term  of  four  years  as  apprentice  had  expired,  he 
traveled  for  a  short  time  through  Germany,  France  and  England,  and  not 
feeling  satisfied  with  the  information  he  received  there  in  regard  to  elec- 
tricity, made  up  his  mind  to  go  to  the  very  fountain  head  of  electricity  and 
liberty,  and  ari'ived  in  New  York  in  the  early  part  of  1855,  when  he  immedi- 
ately went  to  work  for  the  firm  of  Charles  T.  and  J.  N.  Chester,  then  the 
most  prominent  manuf  acturing  electricians  of  the  United  States.  When 
the  rebellion  broke  out,  in  1861,  a  brother  of  the  above  firm,  S.  Chester,  was 
appointed  Captain  of  Company  I,  of  the  Fifteenth  New  York  liegiment, 
under  Col.  John  McLeod  Murphy,  with  the  intention  of  making  his  com- 
pany a  telegraph  corps.  Mr.  Lundberg  received  the  appointment  of  First 
Lieutenant  of  this  company  and  was  sworn  into  the  United  States  service, 
but  when  the  government  would  not  recognize  the  company  as  a  telegraph 
corps,  they  were,  after  sixteen  weeks'  service,  mustered  out.  He  then  re- 
ceived a  call  from  the  Califofnia  State  Telegraph  Company  as  manufac- 
turing electrician,  and  arrived  in  California  the  latter  part  of  1861.  After 
remaining  in  their  service  two  years  he  started  an  establi  shment  of  his  own, 
and  met  with  great  success,  sending  instruments  all  over  the  world.  In 
April,  1870,  Mr.  Lundberg  superintended  the  electrical  department  under 
Col.  Von  Schmidt  in  removing  Blossom  Rock  in  San  Francisco  harbor,  ex- 
ploding twenty -three  tons  of  powder  in  one  charge.  In  1871  he  soUi  out  his 
establishment  and  took  a  trip  to  Japan,  where  he  remained  four  months, 
and  then  returned  to  San  Francisco,  where  he  lived  until  1875,  when  he 
came  to  Oregon,  arriving  here  the  latter  part  of  November.  The  following 
January  he  received  appointment  of  Superintendent  of  Fire  Alarm  Tele- 
graph and  has  held  that  position  ever  since.  In  18S1  Mr.  Lundberg  asso- 
ciated himself  with  J.  Dilg  in  a  manufacturing  establishment  for  electrical. 
surveyors'  and  optical  goods.  In  1879,  together  with  a  few  others,  he  or- 
ganized the  Natural  Science  Association,  before  which  he  has    delivered 


KM)  REPRESENTATIVE    MEN    OF    OREGON. 


several  lectures  on  the  phonograph,  electricity  and  other  scientific  subjects. 
Mr.  Lnudber<r  became  a  member  of  the  Masonic  fraternity  in  1866,  and  h  as 
so  continued  ever  since. 


JAVIZS    R.    BAYLEY,    M.    D. 

The  subject  of  this  pen  sketch  has  been  a  i-esident  of  our  State  for  almo  st 
thirty  years,  during  which  time  he  has  been  closely  identified  with  its 
progress,  and  to-day,  although  he  is  aged  and  gray,  and  his  footsteps  totter 
somewhat,  be  is  a  man  who  commands  the  esteem  and  respect  of  all  who 
know  him,  and  one  who  stands  high  in  his  profession.  He  was  born  in 
Clark  county,  Ohio,  in  1819.  receiving  an  academic  education  at  Springfield, 
his  younger  days  being  divided  between  town  and  country  life.  He  com- 
menced the  study  of  medicine  in  1841  snd  was  admitted  to  practice  three 
years  later,  being  a  graduate  of  the  Ohio  Medical  College.  He  at  once 
commenced  practice  at  his  old  home  in  Springfield,  where  he  remained  for 
four  years,  afterwards  locating  in  Cincinnati,  where  he  enjoyed  a  successful 
practice  for  seven  years.  In  1852  he  was  married  to  Miss  Elizabe+h  Har- 
pole,  of  Green  county,  Ohio,  and  moved  to  Oregon  in  1855  and  settled  at 
Lafayette,  remaining  there  two  years  and  moving  to  Corvallis,  where  he  has 
resided  ever  since.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Territorial  Council  in  1856  and 
1857,  and  has  been  twice  elected  Judge  of  Benton  county.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  State  Senate  in  1866  and  1868,  and  was  appointed  Supervisor  of 
Internal  Revenue  in  1869,  serving  until  1873.  Since  that  time  he  has  de- 
voted himself  to  the  practice  of  his  profession  in  Benton  county.  He  is  a 
thirty-two-degree  Mason  and  Past  Grand  High  Priest  and  Past  Grand 
Master  of  the  Masonic  jurisdiction  of  Oregon;  has  been  a  prominent  Odd 
Fellow  and  is  of  Presbyterian  religious  belief.  He  is  the  father  of  six 
children  and  the  grandfather  of  one.  He  is  tall  and  slender,  Avith  pleas- 
ant face  and  an  agreeable  temperament. 


HON.    O.    W.    FULTON, 

An  esteemed  citizen  of  Astoria,  and  one  of  the  most  prominent  young  at- 
torneys in  the  State,  made  his  appearance  on  this  mundane  sphere  August 
24,  1853,  at  Linn,  Ohio,  where  he  remained  until  1855,  when  with  his  parents 
he  removed  to  Harrison  county,  Iowa,  where  his  early  boyhood  was  spen  t 
on  a  farm.  In  May,  1870,  they  moved  to  Pawnee  county,  Nebraska.  His 
father  served  as  Second  Lieutenant  in  Co.  A,  Twenty-First  Iowa  Regiment. 
The  subject  of  our  sketch  received  a  liberal  education,  attending  the  com- 
mon schools  in  Iowa  during  th'^  winter  months  of  his  residence  there  and 
the  High  School  at  Pawnee  City  for  a  couple  of  years.  In  1873  he  com- 
menced the  study  of  law  in  the  office  of  Hon.  A.  H.  Babr^ock,  of  Pawnee 
City,  Nebraska,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1875.  He  started  for  Ore- 
gon the  same  year  and  landed  in  Portland  nearly  broke.  Nothing  daunt- 
ed, however,  he  went  to  Albany,  where  he  heard  of  a  vacancy  in  a  schoo  1 
near  Waterloo,  about  eighteen  miles  distant.  Mr.  Fulton  walked  there, 
secured  the  school,  walked   back  to  Albany,  passed  his  examination,  se- 


REPRESENTATIVE    MEN    OF    OREGON.  101 


cured  his  certificate  and  taught  for  one  term  at  «4()  per  month  nnd  lx>ard 
around.  He  then  went  to  Astoria  and  commenced  the  practice  ot  hiw, 
where  he  has  since  resided,  and  has  succeeded  in  buikliuff  up  a  hicrative 
business.  In  1878  he  was  elected  State  Senator  and  served  hiH  con- 
stituents and  the  State  at  large  faitlifully  in  that  capacity  for  tlio  term 
of  four  years.  He  is  rather  above  average  height,  spare  built,  smooth 
face  with  the  exception  of  a  mustache,  light  haii  and  whiskers  and  u 
pleasant  eye.  He  stands  well  in  business,  legal  and  social  circles  and 
has  hosts  of  friends  throughout  the  State.  He  is  married  and  is  said  to 
make  a  model  husband. 


D.    L.    MOOMAW, 

At  present  a  prominent  citizen  of  Baker  City,  was  born  in  Eastern  Virginia, 
in  1837  and  came  to  Oregon  in  1858.  He  settled  in  Oregon  City,  where  he 
was  engased  in  teaching  school  until  the  spring  of  1861.  The  gold  exci  te- 
ment  caused  by  the  discovery  of  that  coveted  commodity  in  Northern  Idaho 
induce  him  to  emigrate  hence  and  he  remained  in  the  mines  for  several  years. 
His  success  was  not  brilliant  in  amassing  a  fortune  of  any  considerable  magni- 
tude, and  he  returned  to  Oregon  in  the  spring  of  1870,  locating  at  Baker  City, 
where  he  has  resided  ever  since.  He  has  become  closely  identified  with  t  he 
interests  of  that  section  of  the  country  and  is  enthusiastic  in  its  priiise.  He 
has  alwa  ys  been  an  active  politician,  but  is  not  a  candidate  for  politic  a  I 
honors.  He  is  a  gentleman  of  pleasing  address,  a  little  below  medium 
height,  heavy  set,  full  beard  and  hair  of  dark  brown.  He  is  unmarried  ; 
in  fact,  he  is  considered  by  many  a  confirmed  old  bachelor,  but  he  is  still 
in  marke  t  and  is  very  popular  among  the  ladies.  He  is  an  uncompromising 
R  epublican  and  represented  his  county  in  the  last  Repu  blican  State  Con- 
ventiou. 

H,  F.  ADAMS,  M.  D. 
Was  born  June  23,  1836,  in  Sheldon,  Vt.  When  fourteen  years  old  he  was 
sent  to  Sfc  Albans  Academy  and  later  to  North  Hampton  Institute.  His 
early  religious  training  was  in  the  Congregational  Church.  When  scarcely 
nineteen  years  old  young  Adams  attended  his  first  course  of  lectures  at  the 
Medical  Department  of  the  University  of  Vermont.  During  the  following 
summer  he  read  with  Surgeon  O.  S.  Searles,  M.  D.,  and  in  the  fall  he  en- 
tered the  Medical  Department  of  the  University  of  New  York,  a  private 
student  of  Prof.  Valentine  Mott,  M.  D.  The  next  year  he  entered  for  his 
third  course  of  lectures  at  Albany,  New  York,  but  while  there  his  healtli 
failed  and  he  was  compelled  to  seek  rest,  he  having  already  been  troubled 
with  hemorrhage  of  the  lungs.  He  soon  after  began  the  practice  of  medicine 
in  Oakland  county,  Mich.,  where  he  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Lanuia 
Perry.  This  union  was  brief,  as  his  devoted  wife  soon  fell  a  victim  to  that 
dread  disease  phthisis  pulmonalis.  Soon  after  this  event  the  Doctor  en- 
tered the  volunteer  corps  of  surgeons  in  the  United  States  army.  His 
health,  however,  became  again  impaired  and  he  was  compelled  to  resign  hi,s 
position  and  go  north.     In  the  fall  of  1862  he  settled  in  Jo  Davir  county. 


102  EEPRESENTATIVE    MEN    OF    OKEGON. 


Illiuois,  where  he  married  his  present  estimable  companion,  Miss  Louisa 
Wilkersou.  As  the  result  of  this  union,  the  Doctor  has  three  daughters, 
each  of  whom  is  receiving,  or  has  already  received,  the  benefits  derived  from 
a  collegiate  course  of  instruction.  In  1864  the  Governor  of  Illinois  offered 
Dr.  Adams  a  commission  as  surgeon  in  a  cavalry  regiment  which  he  ac- 
cepted and  again  entered  the  army  work.  His  health  continued  poor,  and 
as  a  sanitary  measure  he  came  to  the  Pacific  Coast,  where  he  has  gradually 
improved  until  he  is  now  robust  and  hearty.  Dr.  Adams  holds  a  diploma 
in  regular  graduation  from  the  Missouri  Medical  College,  and  several  State 
diplomas,  and  is  now  United  States  pension  surgeon  by  appointment  of 
the  Secretary  of  War.  He  is  building  up  a  lucrative  practice  in  Marion 
county,  where,  by  bis  strict  attention  to  the  requirements  of  the  profes- 
sion, he  has  won  the  confidence  and  esteem  of  a  large  circle  of  friends.  The 
Doctor  is  hale  and  hearty,  weighing  ove."  two  hundred  pounds,  and  his  geni- 
ality and  conviviality  are  proverbial. 


ANDREW  LOCKHART. 
This  young  gentleman  is  the  clerk  of  the  Senate  Judiciary  Committee. 
Although  this  clerkship  is  by  far  the  most  important  among  all  the  com- 
mittees, Mr.  Lockhart  is  well  qualified  to  discharge  its  arduous  duties  in  a 
satisfactory  manner.  He  is  well  educated,  and  has  the  great  advantage  of 
being  a  printer  by  trade.  He  was  born  in  Coos  county  in  the  y  ear  1861,  at- 
tended the  county  schools  and  afterwards  graduated  from  Heald's  Business 
College,  San  Francisco,  thus  obtaining  a  thorough  commercial  education. 
After  leaving  the  college  he  entered  the  office  of  the  "  Coos  Bay  News," 
where  he  learned  his  trade  as  a  printer,  and  was  afterwards  associated  with 
Messrs.  G.  Webster  and  J.  Harker  in  the  publication  of  the  "  Coast  Mail," 
in  Marshfield,  Coos  county.  In  1881  he  was  appointed  Deputy  U.  S.  Col- 
lector for  the  southern  district  of  Oregon.  He  is  at  present  studying  law 
and  will  soon  be  admitted  to  practice. 


ROBERT    NEWOOMB, 

The  present  Grand  Eecorder  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the  A.  O.  U.  W.  of  Ore- 
gon and  Washington  Territory,  was  born  in  New  Orleans,  Louisiana,  No- 
vember 4,  1842,  and  with  his  parents  came  to  California  wheie  "Bob,"  as 
he  is  familiarly  known,  completed  his  education  in  the  San  Francisco 
High  School,  and  afterwards  learned  the  book  binder's  trade.  In  1864, 
owing  to  failing  health,  he  visited  the  Sandwich  Islands,  where  he  was 
married  to  Miss  E.  S.  Whiteus  September  29,  1868.  He  settled  in  Doug- 
las county  in  1873,  where  for  several  years  he  was  interested  in  the  news- 
•  paper  business.  In  1877  he  went  into  law  partnership  with  Hon.  L.  F. 
Lane,  afterwards  member  of  Congress  from  Oregon,  and  opened  a  law  office 
in  Roseburg,  where  he  continued  in  business  until  elected  Grand  Recorder 
m  July,  1881.  Mr.  Newcomb  is  prominently  connected  with  several  fra- 
ternal organizations,  being  Grand  Senior  Steward  Grand  Lodge  A.  F.  and 
A.  M.  of  Oregon,  Grand  Vice  Chancellor  of  the  Grand  Lodge  Knights  of 


REPRESENTATIVE    MEN    OF    OREGON.  103 


Pythias  of  Oregon  and  Washington,  Past  commander  of  the  Amerionn  Le- 
gion of  Honor,  and  is  a  member  of  both  branches  of  the  T.  O.  O.  F. 
Being  naturally  of  a  genial,  whole-souled  temperament,  he  makes  friends 
rapidly  and  has  no  difficulty  in  retaining  them.  He  is  one  of  those  jolly, 
soul-invigorating  men  whose  very  presence  in  a  crowd  instills  hi  tliose 
around  him  a  spirit  of  ease  and  conviviality,  and  hence  his  popularity. 
He  is  rather  above  medium  height,  spare  built,  well-defined  features,  dark 
hair  and  whiskers,  black  eyes  and  a  pleasant  smile.  He  is  just  hi  the  prime 
of  life  and  has  a  bright  future  before  him. 


HON.  THOMAS  M'F.  PATTON 
Was  born  in  Carrolton,  Ohio,  March  19,  1829,  and  in  1838  moved  with  his 
parents  to  Findlay,  Ohio.  He  attended  school  at  Martensburg  Academy 
and  the  Ohio  Wesleyan  University,  Delaware  ;  read  law  and  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  in  1850.  He  started  for  Oregon  overland  in  1851,  and  settled  in 
Yamhill  county,  where  he  remained  a  few  months  and  moved  to  Salem  in 
December  of  the  same  year.  In  the  spring  of  1853  he  went  to  Jackson 
county  and  was  shortly  afterwards  elected  County  Judge,  which  position 
he  resigned  in  1854.  During  the  Indian  war  of  1853  he  served  as  orderly 
sergeant  in  Company  A,  commanded  by  Captain  John  F.  Miller.  He  re- 
turned to  Salem,  and  on  August  3, 1854,  was  married  to  Miss  Fannie  Cooke, 
only  daughter  of  Hon.  E.  N.  Cooke,  afterwards  State  Treasurer.  Ho  served 
as  Chief  Clerk  of  the  House  in  1860  and  was  appointed  Chief  Clerk  in  the 
office  of  Superintendent  of  Indian  Affairs  in  1861  under  W.  H.  Rector,  Esq. 
He  was  for  several  years  secretary  of  the  People's  Transportation  Company, 
and  was  again  elected  Chief  Clerk  of  the  House  in  1866.  In  1872  he  was 
elected  a  member  of  the  House  from  Marion "  county,  and  on  the  26th  of 
March,  1876,  he  was  appointed  Appraiser  of  Merchantlise  for  District  of 
Willamette,  which  position  he  still  holds.  He  was  elected  Grand  Master  of 
Masons  in  1872  and  was  re-elected  in  1873.  Jlr.  Patton  is  a  gentleman  of 
about  medium  height,  spare  built,  with  sharp-pointed  features,  eyes  set 
back  well  into  his  head,  with  full  beard  and  hair  of  a  daik  brown  color.  He 
is  a  good  business  man,  cautious  in  his  investments  and  therefore  more  or 
less  successful  in  his  business  enterprises.  He  owns  considerable  real  estate 
in  Salem  and  is  considered  comfortably  well-fixed  in  woi-ldly  matters.  His 
family  consists  of  three  children,  two  sons  and  one  daughter,  the  latter  mar- 
ried to  John  D.  McCnlly,  Esq.,  of  Joseph,  Union  county,  Pohtically  speak- 
ing, Mr.  Patton  is  a  Republican,  and  his  religious  tendencies  are  cast  with 
the  Congregational  Church. 


DR.  JOHN  BLAKIE  PILKlNGTON, 
A  well-known  occuHst  and  physician  of  Portland,  was  born  near  Providence, 
R.  I.,  in  1834,  of  an  English  father  and  a  mother  of  Scotch  and  Irish  nutiv- 
ity.  His  father  was  the  youngest  of  three  brothers  brought  over  by  Ameri- 
can manufacturers  to  rnn  the  first  four  color  cahco  print  works  iu  this 
country.     He  was  a  man  of  boldly   inquiring  mind,  enterprising  and  of 


104  REPRESENTATIVE    MEN    OF    OREGON. 


sterling  honesty— qualities  which  his  son  has  inherited  to  a  marked  degree. 
The  doctor  spent  live  years  of  his  early  life  on  a  farm  and  fruit  nursery,  and 
at  the  early  age  of  seventeen  became  a  school  teacher.  He  began  the  study 
of  medicine  with  his  uncle,  a  Scotch  physician,  in  1856  and  worked  his  way 
through  college.  He  came  to  California  in  1860,  and  for  three  years  super- 
intended a  silver  mine,  and  in  1867  filled  the  position  as  assistant  assayer 
on  the  celebrated  Comstock  lode.  He  shortly  afterwards  returned  to  his 
profession  and  took  the  honors  of  the  Medical  Department  of  the  University 
of  the  Pacific  in  1870,  and  came  to  Oregon  in  1871,  settling  in  Portland, 
where  he  has  since  resided,  having  built  up  a  large  and  extensive  practice 
and  established  an  infirmary  and  sanitarium,  which,  in  the  future  of  the 
Northwest,  promises  to  be  to  Portland  all  that  the  hosts  of  such  institutions 
are  to  metropolitan  cities  elsewhere.  He  served  for  two  years  as  Professor 
of  eye  and  ear  diseases  in  the  Medical  Department  in  the  Willamette  Uni- 
versity. The  doctor  is  a  man  of  original  ideas,  of  thorough  fearlessness  of 
character,  science-loving,  and  a  liberalist  in  medicine,  religion  and  pol- 
itics. In  the  relation  of  husband  and  father,  no  man  in  the  State  is  more 
happily  placed.  Five  sons  give  fair  promise  of  perpetuating  the  name  and 
making  it  honored  in  the  future  history  of  our  State.  As  an  occuHst  Dr. 
Pilkington  is  gaining  an  enviable  reputation  throughout  the  State.  During 
his  residence  here  he  has  performed  all  of  the  great  operations  upon  the 
eye,  such  as  the  modified  Linear  extraction,  eneucleation,  artificial  pupil, 
etc.,  as  performed  by  the  great  masters  of  the  old  world  with  remarkable 
success.  Over  eighty  per  cent,  of  his  cataract  operations  have  been  suc- 
cessful. The  doctor  is  one  of  the  most  genial  men  in  his  profession  and 
is  universally  esteemed  and  respected  by  a  very  large  circle  of  friends  and 
acquaintances.  He  is  of  ordinary  height,  rather  slight  build,  a  face  fairly 
beaming  with  good  humor,  full  beard  and  brown  hair.  He  has  never  sought 
political  honors,  being  literally  wedded  to  his  profession,  the  practice  of 
which  occupies  his  entire  attention. 


FRANK  G.  ABELL, 
The  popular  and  artistic  photographer  of  Portland,  was  born  in  Roscoe, 
Winnebago  county,  Illinois,  September  20,  1844.  He  went  with  his  parents 
to  California  in  1857,  and  finished  his  education  in  the  Methodist  College  at 
Sfmta  Clara.  After  leaving  this  institution  he  remained  "with  his  parents  at 
their  home  in  Petaluma,  Sonoma  county,  for  a  few  weeks,  and  then  joined 
the  Lloyd  Magruder  mining  expedition  to  Powder  river.  He  was  then  but 
sixteen  years  of  age,  and  not  taking  kindly  to  mining,  returned  home  in  the 
following  fall,  1862.  Having  taken  a  fancy  to  the  photographic  business,  and 
being  possessed  of  talent  in  that  line,  he  proceeded  to  San  Francisco,  and 
entered  the  well-known  establishment  of  William  Shew,  on  Montgomery 
street,  where  he  remained  four  years,  becoming  master  of  the  art  in  all  its 
branches.  In  1863,  at  the  age  of  nineteen,  Mr.  Abell  was  married  to  Miss 
Kate  Lauder,  daughter  of  George  Lauder,  Esq.,  a  prominent  hay  and  grain 
dealer  of  San  Francisco,  and  has  now  two  children,  the  oldest  of  whom, 
Emma  May,  aged  eighteen,  is  at  present  perfecting  her  musical  education 


KEPBESENTATIVE    MEN    OF    ORECxON.  105 


in  the  Bay  City,  under  the  direction  of  Mrs.  Marriner-Ciirapbell,  and  the 
youngest,  George  L.,  aged  sixteen,  is  attending  the  State  University  at  Eu- 
gene, from  which  institution  he  will  soon  graduate.  In  IHGG  Mr.  Abell  paid 
a  visit  to  his. old  home  in  the  East,  where  he  remained  one  year,  and  upon 
his  return  was  again  engaged  by  Mr.  Shew,  where  he  held  fortli  until  1874. 
In  tliat  year  he  started  out  on  his  own  account  and  took  a  business  trip 
through  California,  taking  in  San  Diego,  Grass  Valley  and  all  the  towns  of 
importance  throughout  the  State,  Mrs.  Abell  accompanying  liim  on  the  en- 
tire journey.  His  venture  pro^dng  so  successful,  Frank  concluded  to  pay  a 
visit  to  Oregon,  believing  that  his  work  would  commend  itself  to  the  resi- 
dents here,  and  he  arrived  at  Ashland  in  November,  1876  ;  he  spent  the 
winter  there  and  in  Jacksonville,  and  then  moved  on  to  Portland,  stopping 
in  Pi,oseburg  tv/o  months  and  in  Eugene  three  months,  reaching  here  m 
November,  1877.  On  his  arrival  Mr.  Abell  saw  at  once  that  this  city  atlbi-d- 
ed  a  superior  opportunity  for  a  photographer  of  ability  and,  after  paying  a 
very  short  visit  to  his  home  in  San  Francisco,  returned  and  bought  out  the 
establishment  of  D.  H.  Hendee  commencing  business  January  11),  1878. 
Since  his  arrival  here  Mr.  Abell  has  brought  his  business  to  a  high  degree 
of  perfection,  and  obtained  an  extensive  and  well-merited  patronage.  Dur- 
ing the  last  session  of  the  Legislative  Assembly  he  visited  the  capital  and 
obtained  single  photograj^hs  of  each  member,  and  also  a  grouping  of  all 
together;  likewise  the  State  officers.  The  enterprise  was  the  first  one  of  the 
kind  ever  attempted,  and  gave  general  satisfaction. 


REV.    EDWARD    R.    GEARY,    D.    D., 

Who  to-day  stands  as  one  of  the  most  eminent  divines  upon  this  coast,  and 
who  is  so  universally  beloved  and  respected  by  all  who  know  him,  was  born 
in  Boousboro,  Maryland,  April  30,  1811,  and  was  one  of  the  distinguished 
graduates  of  Jeiferson  College,  Pa.,  in  the  class  of  18'U,  having  made  Ids 
way  by  teaching  as  his  sole  pecuniary  resource.  He  spent  three  years  at 
Alleghany  City  as  a  student  of  theology,  and  then  went  to  Alabama  and 
was  successively  principal  of  the  academies  of  Mt.  Hebron  and  Livingston. 
Several  of  his  pupils  became  men  of  note  in  the  civil  and  military  service  of 
their  sections.  He  remained  there  about  two  years  and  a  half,  when  he  re- 
turned to  Pennsylvania  and  entered  the  ministry  of  the  Presliyteriau 
Church.  He  became  the  pastor  of  the  church  of  Unity  at  Frederickslmrg, 
Ohio,  where  he  remained  for  a  period  of  thirteen  5'ears.  He  was  married  to 
Miss  Harriet  E.  lleed  at  New  Berlin,  Pa.,  and  some  years  after  her  death  to 
Miss  N.  M.  Woodbridge,  of  New  York.  He  came  to  Oregon  in  1851  and 
settled  in  Yamhill  county,  and  was  appointed  Clerk  of  the  United  States 
Circuit  Court  by  Judge  Pratt.  He  was  afterwards  elected  County  Clerk  of 
Yamhill  county  and  Superintendent  of  Public  Schools.  He  was  then  ap- 
pointed Chief  Clerk  in  the  office  of  Gen.  Palmer,  at  that  time  Superintend- 
ent of  Indian  xlfiairs,  and  was  present  when  the  treaties  were  made  with  all 
the  Indian  tribes  in  Oregon  west  of  the  Cascades.  He  also  assisted  Gen- 
erals L  I.  Stevens  and  Palmer  in  drawing  up  the  treatitjs  with  the  tribes  of 
Washington,  Idaho  and  Montana  Territories,  and,  jjending  the  negotiations 


106  REPRESENTATIVE    MEN    OF    OREGON. 


east  of  the  Cascades,  was  in  charge  of  the  Oregon  Superintendency.  He 
then  moved  to  Linn  county  and  resumed  preaching.  In  1859  he  was  ap- 
pointed Superintendent  of  Indian  Affairs  to  succeed  Gen.  Nesmith,  and 
while  in  office  paid  the  Mott  claims  and  inaugurated  the  treaties  alluded  to 
above.  He  remained  in  this  office  about  two  years.  He  then  returned  to 
Linn  county  and  was  appointed  Probate  Judge,  which  office  he  held*  two 
years.  He  has  been  repeatedly  urged  to  accept  nominations  for  places  of 
high  public  trust,  but  has  declined  a  life  of  such  publicity,  preferring 
rather  to  serve  as  an  humble  laborer  in  his  Master's  vineyard.  He  moved 
to  Eugene  City  in  1876  and  assumed  pastoral  charge  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church  of  that  city,  where  he  has  resided  ever  since.  He  is  a  prominent 
member  of  the  Masonic  fraternity,  and  member  of  the  Scottish  Rite,  and  a 
thirty-second-degree  Mason.  He  is  at  present  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Re- 
gents of  the  State  University,  and  as  a  citizen,  honored  and  respected  by  all. 
He  is  a  man  of  remarkably  striking  appearance,  tall,  and  well  proportioned, 
with  hair  and  whiskers  of  silvery  white,  and  a  face  fairly  beaming  with 
kindness  and  good  nature.  His  voice  is  pleasant  and  his  manners  genial. 
He  at  once  creates  a  good  impression  and  he  improves  on  acquaintanceship. 
He  has  a  family  of  seven  children,  one  of  his  sons  being  a  graduate  of  West 
Point  Military  Academy,  and  is  now  a  Heutenant  in  the  army.  Two  others 
are  physicians. 


HON.  BENJAMIN  F.  BURGH. 
This  gentleman's  career  in  life  is  one  of  which  he  should  justly  feel  proud. 
It  is  a  well  known  fact  that  in  early  days  the  great  majority  of  men  who 
came  to  this  coast  did  so  under  the  excitement  which  the  discovery  of  gold 
had  created  in  the  Eastern  States,  and  on  arriving  here  all  hastened  to  the 
mountains  with  the  anticipation  of  making  a  fortune  within  a  year  or  two> 
and  returning  to  their  Eastern  homes  to  spend  the  remainder  of  their  lives 
in  ease  and  luxury.  Such,  however,  was  not  the  case  with  the  subject  -of 
our  sketch.  The  pursuit  of  agriculture,  rather  than  that  of  mining,  appears 
to  have  been  his  ambition,  and  he  to-day  resides  near  Independence,  in  Polk 
county,  on  the  same  donation  claim  located  by  him  in  1848.  Mr.  Burch 
was  born  in  Chaiton  county,  Missouri,  May  2,  1825,  and  obtained  an  ordi- 
nary common  school  education.  On  the  25th  of  April,  1845,  he  left  the 
home  of  his  parents  and  started  across  the  plains  for  Oregon,  reaching  here 
in  October  of  the  same  ye*ar.  In  1846  he  assisted  Hon.  Jesse  x\pplegate 
and  others  in  viewing  and  locating  the  Southern  Oregon  wagon  road,  and 
conducting  the  straggling  parties  of  immigrants  over  the  same.  During 
the  Cayuse  Indian  war  of  1847-8,  Mr.  Burch  served  as  Adjutant  in  both 
Col.  Gilliam's  and  Col.  Waters'  regiment.s,  preparing  all  of  their  official  re- 
ports. He  was  married  September  6,  1848,  to  Miss  Eliza  A.  Davidson, 
daughter  of  Hezekiah  Davidson.  She,  too,  is  an  honored  pioneer,  having 
came  to  Oregon  in  1847.  Mr.  Burch  also  was  captain  of  a  volunteer  com- 
pany during  the  Yakima  Indian  War  of  18^55-6.  In  1857  he  represented  his 
county  in  the  Constitutional  Convention,  and  was  a  member  of  the  stand- 
ing committees  on  Military  Corporations  and  Internal  Improvements,  ren- 


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dering  valuable  assistance  in  framins  both  of  these  important  clauses  in  our 
State  Constitution.  He  was  a  member  of  the  first  State  Legishiture  and 
represented  Polk  county  in  the  Senate  of  1868  and  a^'ain  in  1870,  servinj?  an 
President  during  the  former  session.  He  was  also  a  member  and  tlie 
Chairman  of  the  Investigating  Committee,  appoiuted  by  the  Legislative 
Assembly  of  1870  to  examine  and  report  upon  the  condition  of  tlie  execu- 
tive, administrative  and  financial  departments  of  the  State  goveriunent. 
During  the  administration  of  Gov.  Chadwick,  Mr,  Burch  served  as  Superin- 
tendent of  the  Penitentiary.  Such  M^as  his  management  of  that  institution 
that  the  joint  committee  appointed  by  tlie  Legislative  Assembly  to  investi- 
gate the  affairs  of  that  institution  recommended  in  their  report  his  Cf)ntin- 
uance  in  office.  He  is  now  an  honored  citizen  in  private  life,  taking  such 
interest  only  in  public  affairs  as  every  man  should  who  is  interested  in  the 
welfare  of  our  country.  Mr.  Burch  is  a  Democrat  in  politics  and  has,  here- 
tofore, taken  an  active  interest  in  political  matters.  He  is  a  man  of  strong 
executive  ability  and  is  generally  a  leader  in  any  enterprise  he  may  be  in- 
terested in.  He  rarely  follows,  as  he  has  a  mind  and  will  of  his  own,  and 
Ms  opinions  are  generally  considered  worthy  of  careful  consideration.  He 
is  of  ordinary  height  and  build,  plainly  dressed,  genial  and  courteous  to 
his  friends,  and  is  honest,  sincere  and  earnest  in  everything  he  undertakes. 
There  is  a  vein  of  good  humor  in  his  composition,  and  a  disposition  to  rel- 
ish a  good  joke.  He  has  always  endeavored  to  do  his  duty  honestly  and 
faithfully  in  the  discharge  of  his  official  duties,  and  has  won  and  well 
merits  the  confidence  and  esteem  of  his  neighbors  and  friends. 


DR.    ARTHUR    INGRAHAM    NICKLIN 

Is  one  of  the  leading  physicians  and  surgeons  of  the  State,  and  now  resides 
in  Eugene  City,  in  Lane  county.  He  at  present  holds  the  important  posi- 
tion of  United  States  Examining  Surgeon  for  pensions.  He  was  born  in 
Tyler  county,  West  Virginia,  on  October  4,  1828,  When  he  was  fourteen 
years  of  age  his  parents  Avith  their  children  moved  to  Iowa,  where  they  re- 
sided for  eight  years,  and  then  (1850)  took  a  long  westward  course  across 
the  plains,  by  the  old  wagon-train  means  of  transportation,  to  Oregon,  ar- 
riving in  Portland  about  the  middle  of  November  of  that  year,  and  a  few 
months  afterwards  the  family  located  in  Polk  county,  where  they  resided 
six  years,  and  thence  moved  to  Salem.  While  yet  in  Virginia,  Dr.  Nickliu 
had  begun  the  study  of  medicine  under  the  tutorship  of  his  uncle.  Dr.  I.  T. 
Nicklin,  an  eminent  physcian  of  that  day,  and  in  Iowa  and  Oregon  he  lost 
no  opportunity  of  devoting  his  spare  time  to  the  pursuit  of  this  study,  which 
he  had  heartily  embraced  while  a  mere  boy.  In  the  meantime  he  had  not 
neglected  his  other  studies  and  when,  in  1857,  he  became  a  resident  of 
Salem,  he  was  a  Aveil-read  physician.  However,  he  conclu-ied  to  become 
even  more  thorough  and  proficient,  and  for  this  purpose  he  took  a  regular 
course  of  three  years  in  the  Medical  Department  of  Willamette  University, 
whence  he  graduated  with  distinction.  In  1862  he  was  married  to  Miss 
Lavina  C.  Draper,  sister  to  Mrs.  Rev.  N.  Doane.     A  few  years  previously  he 


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bad  taken  charge  of  a  large  mercantile  house,  in  which  his  father  was  in- 
terested, and  to  which  he  gave  his  attention  until  sometime  about  1872, 
when  he  began  to  give  his  whole  attention  to  the  practice  of  medicine  and 
surgery.  In  1873  he  moved  with  his  family  to  Eugene  City,  and  in  the  same 
year  lie  was  appointed  physician  at  Klamath  Indian  Reservation,  but  he 
soon  found  the  salary  allowed  much  less  than  the  profits  of  the  practice 
which  he  had  abandoned,  and  he  resigned  the  position  and  returned  to  Eu- 
gene City,  where  he  has  since  resided.  In  1876  he  was  appointed  United 
States  Examining  Surgeon  for  pensions,  which  position  he  still  holds.  Dr. 
A.  I.  Nickliu  has  had  marked  success  in  his  practice  as  a  physician  and  Sur- 
geon, and  enjoys  the  esteem  and  confidence  of  all  with  whom  he  has  come 
in  contact. 


DR.    JOHN    A.    CHILD, 

Of  Portland,  is  a  gentleman  well  and  favorably  known  in  the  ranks  of  the 
profession,  and  as  the  Grand  Master  of  the  A.  O.  U.  W.  is  gaining  an  envi- 
able reputation  throughout  the  State  and  adjacent  Territories.  He  is  an 
Englishman  by  birth,  having  been  born  in  London  in  1836,  and  is  conse- 
quently forty-six  years  of  age.  His  parents  came  to  America  when  he  was 
five  years  of  age,  and  settled  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  where  he  was  educated. 
He  is  a  graduate  of  St.  John's  College,  of  Cincinnati.  He  moved  to  Port- 
land January  3,  1877,  and  has  been  a  resident  of  this  city  ever  since.  He 
has  been  a  druggist  for  thirty-two  years,  and  has  a  fine  store  on  the  corner 
of  Second  and  Morrison  streets,  where  he  carries  a  stock  of  goods  that 
would  do  credit  to  a  city  of  even  larger  dimensions  than  is  the  metropolis 
to-day.  The  Doctor  is  an  excellent  business  man,  watches  the  market  care- 
fully, purchases  advantageously,  and  is  prompt  and  obliging  in  his  dealings 
with  his  customers.  He  is  an  old  army  surgeon,  having  enlisted  during 
the  war,  servin;'  three  years;  enlisting  as  a  private,  he  was  promoted  to  the 
position  of  hospital  steward,  and  mustered  out  of  service  at  Baton  Rouge, 
La.,  as  sssistant  surgeon  of  volunteers.  He  was  in  the  campaign  of  the 
opening  of  the  Mississippi,  capture  and  fall  of  Vicksburg,  and  also  in  Gen. 
Bank's  campaign  up  Red  river.  Dr.  Child  has  been  a  member  of  the  Ma- 
sonic fraternity  for  twenty-five  years.having  passed  through  the  Ancient  York 
Rite,  Master  Mason,  Royal  Arch,  Council  and  Knights  Templar,  and  has 
held  office  continually  in  one  or  more  of  them  for  nineteen  years.  The 
Doctor  is  a  genial,  pleasant  gentleman,  and  numbers  his  friends  by  platoons. 
None  know  him  but  to  respect  him,  and  having  once  made  a  man  his  friend 
he  has  no  difficulty  in  retaining  his  friendship. 


HON.    D.    0.    IRELAND. 

"In  prosperity  prepare  for  a  change,  in  adversity  hope  for  one."  This  is 
a  favorite  adage  with  him  whose  name  heads  this  sketch,  and  we  never  see 
or  hear  it  without  having  pleasant  thoughts  of  him.  He  is  a  warm  friend  to 
those  whom  he  likes,  and  will,  as  the  saying  is,  "do  to  tie  to."  He  was  bom 
in  Rutland,  Vermont,  July  4,  1836,  and  with  his  parents  moved  to  Indiana 


REPEESENTATIVE  MEN  OF  OREGON.        109 


in  the  year  1840.  They  hved  there  a  number  of  years  and  then  moved  to 
Michigan,  Mr.  Ireland  commenced  learning  the  printer's  trade  in  the  office 
of  a  newspaper  published  at  Mishawaka,  by  Hon.  Schuyler  Colfax,  after- 
wards Vice-President  of  the  United  States.  He  established  the  "Free 
Press"  in  that  city  in  1855,  and  shortly  afterwards  moved. to  Miiiuui-sota.  In 
1860  he  was  sent  to  Eed  river  of  tlie  North  by  Burbank  <V'  Co.,  of  8t.  Paul, 
Minn.,  with  the  machinery  for  the  first  steamboat  ever  built  on  that  stream. 
In  1861  I'.v"  was  Clerk  of  the  Sempk^  Commission,  appointed  liy  Congress  to 
settle  troubles  growing  out  of  liquor  selling  and  timber  stealing  on  the 
various  Indian  reservations  in  Minnesota.  From  Minnesota  he  moved  to 
Oregon  and  established  the  "Enterprise"  at  Oregon  City  in  180G,  and  for 
some  time  was  the  city  editor  of  the  "  Daily  Oregonian."  In  1870  he  was 
the  local  editor  of  the  "Daily  Bulletin,"  and  remained  on  that  paper  until 
1872,  when  he  went  to  Astoria  and  started  the  "Daily  Astorian,"  wliich  he 
managed  very  successfully  until  1881.  He  was  for  three  years  Mayor  of  that 
city,  and  made  a  host  of  warm,  personal  friends  during  his  official  career. 
He  was  elected  one  of  the  delegates  to  the  National  Re]niblicau  Convention, 
which  met  at  Chicago  in  1880,  and  is  at  present  the  member  from  this  State 
of  tlie  National  Republican  Committee.  He  disposed  of  his  interest  in  the 
"Astorian"  in  1881,  and  moved  to  Portland,  where  he  is  now  engaged  in  the 
management  of  one  of  the  best  conducted  job  printing  offices  in  this  city, 
under  the  firm  name  of  D.  C.  Ireland  &  Co.  Mr.  Ireland  is  an  active,  en- 
ergetic buvsiness  man,  and  is  fast  building  up  a  trade  that  i)romises  success 
and  competency  within  a  few  years.  As  a  writer,  Mr.  Ireland  is 
■forcible  and  accurate;  as  a  reporter,  he  is  considered  one  of  the  best  in  the 
State,  "  brevities  "  being  his  specialty,  and  as  a  printer,  he  is  thoroughly 
competent.  He  is  strong  in  his  friendship  and  bitter  in  his  animosities. 
Fearful  lest  some  of  our  lady  readers  may  become  too  much  interested  in 
him,  we  might  add  that  he  is  a  married  man  and  the  father  of  several  bounc- 
ing girls  and  boys. 


M.    L.    CHAMBERLIN. 

No  young  man  in  Marion  county  is  better  known  or  has  more  warm  p  er- 
sonal  friends  than  he  whose  name  heads  this  sketch.  He  is  literally  a  self- 
made  man,  and  what  little  of  success  he  has  met  with  in  life  has  been  the 
result  of  his  own  eflbrts,  and  he  has  had  much  to  contend  with.  In  face  of 
adverse  circumstances,  however,  and  without  being  peculiarly  favored  by 
any  freaks  of  fortune,  he  has  succeeded  in  placing  himself  above.probabili- 
ties  of  want,  and,  above  all,  he  has  earned  and  well  merits  the  confidence 
and  esteem  of  an  unusually  large  circle  of  friends.  Mr.  Chamberlin  was 
born  at  Dryden,  Mich.,  May  17,  1847,  and  with  his  parents  immigrated  to 
Oregon  in  1858.  He  settled  in  Yamhill  county,  and  in  1867  moved  to  Salem, 
where  he  has  resided  ever  since.  Being  the  only  boy  in  a  family  of  eight 
children,  adverse  circumstances  placed  him  at  their  head  at  an  early  age, 
and  manfully  has  he  discharged  his  trust,  having  denied  himself  mudi  to 
aid  and  assist  his  sisters  in  securing  an  education,  and  his  reward  has  been 
a  liberal  one,  in  that  the  family  to-day  stands  among  the  highest  in  socid, 


110  KEPRESENTATIVE    MEN    OF    OREGON. 

literary  and  musical  circles.  He  was  elected  City  Treasurer  in  1879  aud  in 
188U  was  elected  County  Clerk  of  Marion  county  by  a  very  flattering  ma- 
jority, and  in  1882  he  was  the  unanimous  choice  of  the  Republican  County 
Convention  for  renomination,  and  his  election  followed,  as  a  matter  of 
course.  He  has  surprised  his  most  enthusiastic  friends  by  the  efficiency  he 
has  displayed  in  his  official  duties,  and  is  universally  respected  as  a  faithful 
and  obliging  officer.  The  details  of  his  office  are  carefully  watched  after, 
and  the  public  interests  have  never  been  more  carefully  guarded  in  that 
office  than  they  are  under  Mr.  Chamberlin's  careful  management.  Mr. 
Chamberlin  is  a  man  of  about  ordinary  height,  well-proportioned,  with  a 
face  betokening  good  nature,  partially  protected  by  a  beard  of  dark 
brown.  He  is  still  unmarried,  although  he  has  been  in  the  matrimonial 
market  for  years.  Having  at  a  very  early  age  started  in  life  as  a  bachelor, 
he  has  from  the  force  of  habit  kept,  it  up,  and  his  lady  friends  are  fearful 
lest  he  will  never  reform  and  adopt  habits  more  in  keeping  with  his  natural 
love  for  the  ease  and  luxury  of  a  quiet  home  among  loved  ones.  As  a  friend, 
he  is  as  true  as  steel,  as  a  neighbor  he  is  much  respected,  and  as  a  man  his 
character  is  above  reproach. 

W.    SHOWERS. 

This  gentleman  is  the  present  County  Treasurer  of  Multnomah  county, 
and  as  an  instance  of  his  popularity  let  it  be  known  that  he  is  now  serving 
his  sixth  year  in  that  position.  He  was  born  in  Zauesville,  Muskingirm  Co., 
Ohio,  in  1830,  and  received  his  education  in  his  native  town.  In  the  year 
1855,  attracted  by  the  visions  of  gold,  he  went  to  California,  and  remained 
in  Trinity  county  and  points  adjacent  for  live  years,  digging  for  the  jjrecious 
metal.  At  the  breaking  out  of  the  war,  Mr.  Showers,  then  but  thirty  years 
of  age,  joined  the  Fourth  Infantry,  California  Volunteers,  aud  served  in  that 
command  until  1864,  when  he  was  mustered  out  at  Wilmington,  Los  An- 
geles. He  then  came  to  Portland  and  vv'as  in  the  employ  of  the  railroad 
company  for  a  number  of  years.  In  the  year  1878  he  was  elected  by  the 
Republican  party  County  Treasurer  of  Miiltnoraah,  and  has  since  been  hon- 
ored with  a  re-election  twice.  He  is  well  known  throughout  the  county, 
stands  well  in  his  party  and  is  secure  in  the  friendship  of  our  very  best 
citizens. 

HENRY  O.  BOYD, 
Of  Portland,  Oregon,  was  born  in  New  Yoik  in  the  year  1854.  He  came 
with  his  parents  to  Orfegon  in  1860,  and  was  educated  in  the  common  schools 
of  this  city.  Since  he  has  arrived  at  the  age  of  maturity  he  has  been  en- 
gaged in  the  fire  insurance  business,  and  is  at  present  the  local  agent  for 
the  Hamburg-Bremen  Insurance  Company.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Jose- 
phine Glenn,  of  Columbus,  Ohio,  in  the  year  188].  Although  a  young  man, 
Mr.  Boyd  has  been  remarkably  successful,  and  is  at  the  present  time  doing 
a  most  flourishing  business.  He  is  socially  a  pleasant  young  gentleman, 
and  has  made  numbers  of  friends  in  our  city,  and  has  a  fine  prospect  in  the 
future.    His  knowledge  of  underwriting  was  acquired  under  the  severe 


EEPRESENTATIVE    MEN    OF    OREGON.  ill 


tuition  of  his  father,  Hon.  Hamilton  Boyd,  whose  kuowledfje  of  that  art  is 
second  to  none  North  of  San  Francisco.  Mr.  Boyd.  Jr.,  has  the  record  of 
standing  among  the  first  on  the  Kst  of  underwriters,  and  we  bespeak  for 
him  a  long  and  successful  career.  We  can  cheerfully  recommend  him  as 
one  who  will  be  fair  and  impartial  in  settling  his  losses,  as  a  manager  of  his 
branch;  he  is  also  the  adjuster,  and  parties  deal  direct  witli  him,  both  in 
effecting  insurance  and  in  getting  their  money  should  they  be  so  unfor- 
tunate as  to  require  it. 

HON.  JOHN  0.  CARTWRIGHT, 
Collector  of  Internal  Revenue  for  the  District  and  State  of  Oregon,  is  one 
of  those  quiet,  unassuming  gentlemen,  whom  we  sometimes  meet  in  the 
walks  of  public  life,  and  realize  the  fact  that  in  his  case  at  least  tlie  oilice 
has  sought  the  man,  not  the  man  the  office,  as  is  too  generally  the  case.  He 
is  a  native  of  Michigan  and  was  born  in  1837.  He  came  to  Oregon  in  1853 
and  read  law  with  Hon.  Jos.  G.  Wilson,  afterwards  Representative  in  Con- 
gress from  this  State.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1860  and  opened  an 
office  at  Salem.  He  was  a  member  of  the  House  from  Marion  county  in 
1864,  and  in  1866  was  elected  State  Senator  from  the  same  county.  In  1867 
he  received  the  appointment  of  United  States  District  Attorney.  At  the 
expiration  of  his  term  of  service  in  this  capacity  in  1871,  owing  to  failing 
health,  he  removed  to  Eastern  Washington  Territory,  and  there  engaged  in 
the  stock  business  until  1873,  when  he  moved  to  The  Dalles,  and,  in  part- 
nership with  Hon.  R.  O.  Dunbar,  resumed  the  practice  of  law.  In  1876  he 
was  elected  Presidential  Elector  on  the  Republican  ticket  and  was  a  parti- 
cipant in  the  memorable  Electoral  College  of  that  year,  when  poor  Cronin 
— peace  to  his  ashes — was  so  prominent  a  factor,  and  when  Oregon's  vote 
elected  President  Haj'es.  In  May,  1877,  he  received  Jiis  present  ap])oint- 
ment.  Mr.  Cartwright  is  a  gentleman  who  is  highly  esteemed  by  all  wlio 
know  him  and  is  regarded  as  a  man  of  sterling  integrity.  He  is  tall  and 
spare  built,  smooth  face,  save  the  miistache,  sliarp  features,  clear  peaceful 
eye,  and  black  hair.  He  is  a  warm  personal  fx'iend  and  one  that  never 
forgets  a  favor.  He  is  courteous,  genial  and  generous.  As  a  public  officer, 
he  is  attentive  and  obliging  and  in  every  way  efficient.  He  was  married  at 
Salem  on  Christmas,  1861,  to  Miss  Mary  Helm,  only  daughter  of  Rev.  Wm. 
Helm,  of  the  M.  E.  Church. 


JAMES    HENDERSHOTT. 

This  gentleman  is  a  son  of  David  Hendershott,  Esq.,  one  of  the  most  em- 
inent lawyers  of  old  Kentucky.  He  was  born  in  St.  Clair  county,  Illinois, 
in  the  year  1829.  His  parents  moved  to  Iowa  when  yoimg  James  was  but 
six  years  old,  and  there  he  spent  the  years  of  his  boyhood  and  received  his 
educational  training.  In  1852  he  set  out  for  Oregon,  and,  after  driving  the 
historic  mule-team  five  months,  he  had  the  happy  satisfaction  of  setting  his 
foot  in  our  beautiful  little  city  of  Salem,  where  he  remained  one  year. 
Like  evei-y  other  young  man  of  nerve  and  ambition,  Jim  took  the  mining 
fever  and  used  the  pick  and  shovel  with  good  success  in  the  northern  part 


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of  California  and  in  Southern  Oregon.  He  became  known  among  his  com- 
panions as  a  good,  whole-souled,  jolly  fellow,  having  a  kind  heart  and  pos- 
sessed of  a  dauntless  spirit,  and  in  the  year  1856  he  was  elected  to  the  posi- 
tion of  Sheriff  of  Josephine  count}-,  being  re-elected  at  the  expiration  of  his 
term  of  office.  Previous  to  that  time  he  had  been  County  Clerk,  and  had 
become  a  general  favorite,  and  as  soon  as  his  second  term  of  Sheriff  had  ex- 
pired he  was  elected  Assessor.  In  1862  he  went  to  Idaho  Territory  and 
staid  in  Florence  a  short  time,  from  whence  he  removed  to  Grand  Ronde 
valley,  Union  county,  where  he  has  since  resided.  In  1866  the  Democrats 
of  that  county  sent  him  to  the  Legislative  Assembly  as  a  Representative, 
and  in  1868  he  was  returned  as  a  Senator.  Since  that  time  Mr.  Hender- 
shott  has  remained  at  home,  engaged  in  farming  and  stock-raising  and  has 
made  for  himself  a  beautiful  valley  home,  and  amassed  a  fortune  that  his 
industry  certainly  merits,  but  whioh  would  be  much  larger  but  for  his 
princely  liberality.  In  1848  Mr.  Hendershott  was  married  to  Miss  Harriet 
J.  Vincent,  who  was  born  in  Georgetown,  Ohio,  in  1831.  He  comes  from  an 
old  and  well-known  family,  and  is  a  cousin  of  the  late  Geo.  D.  Prentice,  who 
was  for  years  recognized  as  one  of  our  most  brilliant  journalists  and  was 
editor  of  the  Louisville  "  Courier-Journal." 


LEHMAN  BLUM. 
In  our  journey  through  life  we  occasionally  run  across  a  young  man  who 
in  business,  social  and  political  circles,  has  fairly  distanced  competitors,  en- 
dowed with  greater  advantages  perhaps,  but  still  lacking  some  qualifica- 
tions possessed  by  the  young  man  who  so  soon  outstrips  in  the  race.  That 
qualification  may  be  embraced  in  a  single  word,  ambition!  Without  it  life 
loses  half  its  charm  and  wealth  its  attendant  pleas^^res.  The  young  man 
whose  name  heads  this  sketch  is  endowed  with  ambition,  coupled  with  in- 
dustry, integrity  and  good  business  sagacity.  Success  has  therefore  crowned 
his  efforts  thus  far,  and  Dame  Fortune  smiles  approvingly  upon  him.  He 
was  born  in  New  Orleans,  Louisiana,  December  13,  1847,  and  came  to  this 
coast  with  his  mother  in  1853,  she  passing  away  in  1861.  In  1865  he  came 
to  Oregon  and  commenced  clerking  for  Jacobs  Mayer,  of  Portland.  He  re- 
mained there  seven  years  and  secured  a  thorough  knowledge  of  the  dry 
goods  business.  He  then  went  into  business  on  his  o^^^l  account,  the  firm 
name  being  Harris  &  Blum.  While  a  resident  of  Portland  he  was  interest- 
ed in  the  advancement  of  the  city  and  was  considered  one  of  its  most  enter- 
prising young  men.  He  was  for  nine  years  Secretary  of  the  Hebrew  Be- 
nevolent Society,  and  for  six  years  one  of  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the 
Portland  Library  Association.  Disposing  of  his  interest  in  the  dry  goods 
business  at  advantageous  figures  in  1874,  he  accepted  the  position  of  travel- 
ing salesman  for  the  well-known  firm  of  Jacobs  Bros.,  in  Portland.  He  re- 
mained with  them  until  1878,  when  he  went  to  Pendleton  and  engaged  in 
the  general  merchandising  business,  and  has  already  built  up  a  lucrative 
trade,  and  will,  we  feel  confident,  within  a  few  short  years  rank  as  one  of  if 
not  the  leading  merchant  in  Eastern  Oregon.  He  is  a  red-hot  Repubhcan 
and  takes  a  lively  interest  in  politics.    He  has  never  aspired  to  the  honors 


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of  office,  but  wheuever  be  does,  he  will  be  very  ai)t  to  succeed,  as  he  ia 
very  popular  wherever  kuown.  He  was  married  in  San  Francisco  in  June, 
1878,  to  Miss  Etta  Hochheimer,  a  most  estimable  younj,'  lady.  Mr.  Blum 
is  rapidly  assuming  the  [jositiou  of  iutiueuce  and  competency,  and  a  man  of 
his  eneru:y  and  ambition  knows  no  such  word  as  fail.  He  has  been  liis  own 
master  since  his  sixteenth  year,  and  his  success  since  that  time  is  but  a  fore- 
runner of  what  the  future  has  in  store  for  him. 


A.  W.  WITHERELL, 
The  present  accommodating  Deputy  Sherifl'of  Multnomah,  was  born  in 
Eastam,  Massachusetts,  in  the  year  1837.  When  but  three  years  of  age 
he  removed  with  his  parents  to  Jersey  City,  where  he  passed  his  earlier 
years  and  received  his  education.  At  the  age  of  fifteen  years  he  went  to 
Troy,  New  York,  and  secured  employment  with  B.  F.  Thompson,  wholesale 
dealer  in  fruits,  where  he  remained  until  he  M^as  eighteen  years  of  age.  He 
then  went  to  California,  and  after  remaining  there  two  years  came  on  to 
Oregon.  On  arriving  here  he  secured  the  agency  of  the  Pacific  Steamship 
Co.  at  St.  Helens,  which  he  retained  for  three  years.  Having  a  desire  to  see 
the  country,  he  then  traveled  our  Pacific  States  and  Territories  for  awhile, 
and  concluding  that  Portland  afforded  the  greatest  opportunities  for  a 
young  man  of  grit  and  industry,  settled  down  in  our  little  city  in  the  year 
1867.  He  immediately  secured  a  position  in  the  retail  dry-goods  house  of 
Mrs.  O.  Levy,  now  Levi,&  Strauss,  in  which  position  he  remained  four- 
teen and  a  half  years.  Last  July,  after  the  sweeping  Republican  majority 
in  Multnomah  county,  Mr.  Witherell  received  fi-om  Sherifl' Sears  the  appoint- 
ment of  Deputy  Sherili",  in  which  position  he  stiil  continues,  and  gives  the 
utmost  satisfaction.  He  was  married  in  1869  to  Miss  M.  V.  Chapman, 
daughter  of  John  Chapman,  Esq. 


OLAIB.    H.    STEWART 

County  Clerk  of  Liiui  county,  and  one  of  the  most  popular  young  men  in 
that  vicniity,  was  born  at  Kuoxville,  Iowa,  December  29,  1852.  His  father, 
Dr.  Wm.  Q.  Stewart,  was  a  successful  practitioner  of  medicine  in  that  city. 
He  afterwards  moved  to  Monroe  county,  where  his  father  engaged  in  the 
general  mercantile  business.  Having  met  with  reverses,  he  immigrated  to 
Oregon  in  1865,  just  at  the  close  of  the  war.  The  subject  of  oui-  sketch  en- 
tered the  office  of  the  "State  Rights  Democrat,"  at  Albany,  in  June,  1867, 
and  remained  connected  with  that  paper  in  the  varied  capacity  of  "  devil," 
compositor,  foreman,  business  manager,  proprietor  and  editor,  until  Octo- 
ber 1st  of  the  present  year,  when  he  disposed  of  his  interest  to  Chamberlain 
&  Stites,  the  present  publishers.  Mr.  Stewart  was  a  pleasant  writer  and 
the  paper  under  his  editorial  management  was  spicy  and  interesting  at  all 
times.  He  has  held  various  positions  of  public  trust,  such  as  Alderman, 
Treasurer,  etc.,  of  that  city,  and  as  the  Democratic  nominee  for  the  office  of 
County  Clerk  was  elected  by  362  majority,  running  over  one  hundred  votes 
ahead  of  his  ticket.      He  has  been  an  active  worker  in  politics  for  many 


114  REPRESENTATIVE    MEN    OF    OREGON. 


years  and  was  Chairman  of  the  Democratic  County  Central  Committee  for 
two  campaigns.  He  is  a  genial,  whole-souled  young  fellow,  and  wins,  not 
only  the  friendship,  but  the  confidence  and  esteem  of  all  with  whom  he 
comes  in  contact.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Cora  J.  Irvine,  daughter  of  Rev. 
S.  G.  Irvine,  D.  D.,  of  Albany,  January  4,  1877,  and  four  interesting  chil- 
dren have  already  blessed  their  union. 


■     HON.    JOHN    W.    CRAWFORD 

The  present  Mayor  of  Salem,  was  born  on  a  farm  in  Muskingum  county, 
Ohio,  January  6,  183.5.  He  remained  at  home  until  he  was  of  age,  when  he 
entered  Monmouth  College,  111.,  from  which  institution  he  graduated  in 
1859.  He  studied  law  for  about  two  years  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  by 
the  Supreme  Court  of  Illinois  in  March,  1861.  The  war  of  the  rebellion 
breaking  out  that  year,  Mr.  Crawford  enlisted  in  the  Seventeenth  Illinois 
Regiment  of  Infantry  and  served  over  three  years  with  the  Army  of  the 
Mississippi  and  with  his  regiment  pai-ticipated  in  the  fights  at  Fredrick- 
town,  Mo.,  Fort  Donaldson,  Shiloh,  and  before  Corinth  and  Vicksburg, 
when  those  places  were  invested  by  Generals  Halleck  and  Grant.  Mr. 
Crawford  came  to  Oregon  in  1866,  and  by  his  indomitable  energy  has  suc- 
ceeded in  building  up  a  large  and  profitable  business  in  Salem.  He  is  a 
clear-headed,  conscientious  citizen,  and  has  taken  more  than  ordinary  in- 
terest as  a  member  of  the  Common  Council  and  of  the  Fire  Department  in 
making  Salem  a  moral,  law-abiding  city  and  a  delightful  place  of  residence. 


HON.    JOHN    F.    CAPLES. 

Standing  among  the  leading  members  of  the  legal  fraternity  of  the  State, 
and  holding  the  responsible  office  of  Prosecuting  Attorney  of  the  Fourth 
Judicial  District,  Hon.  John  F.  Caples,  both  by  virtue  of  his  official  posi- 
tion and  his  acknowledged  professional  acquirements,  ranks  among  the 
representative  men  of  Oregon.  He  is  a  native  of  Ohio,  in  which  State  he 
was  born  January  12,  1831.  In  1832  his  father  removed  with  his  family  to 
Seneca  county,  Ohio,  where  he  died  in  1835.  There  were  ten  children  in  the 
family,  of  whom  the  subject  of  this  biographical  sketch  was  the  youngest. 
He  remained  with  his  widowed  mother  on  a  farm  until  fifteen  years  of  age, 
receiving  such  advantages  of  ol)tainiug  an  early  education  as  were  afforded 
in  a  country  school.  He  then  began  clerking  in  a  variety  store,  which  avo- 
cation he  pursued  for  three  years,  when  he  went  to  Delaware,  Ohio,  and  at- 
tended school  until  he  attained  the  age  of  twenty-one.  Removing  to  Belle- 
fontaine,  in  his  native  State,  he  read  law  with  Hon.  Een.  Stanton  and  C.  W 
B.  Allison,  and  was  admitted  to  practice  in  18.54.  On  the  24th  of  May  of 
the  same  year,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Sarah  J.  Morrison,  daughter  of  F.  A. 
Morrison,  of  Champaign  county,  Ohio.  Mr.  Caples  practiced  his  profes- 
sion in  northern  Ohio  until  1858,  when  he  removed  to  Warsaw,  Indiana, 
where  he  continued  attending  to  legal  business  until  1862.  Returning  to 
Ohio  he  remained  until  1865,  when  he  removed  to  this  coast.  He  located 
at  Vancouver,  W.  T.,  and  resided  there  until  1866,  when  he  removed  to 


REPRESENTATIVE    MEN    OF    ORECiON.  lir, 


Portland,  where  he  soon  acquired  a  hicrative  practice.  Mr.  Cai)l.  <.  ,.^  ,>  u,- 
piiblican.  During  the  war  of  the  rebelhon  he  was  actively  enj^'jmed  iu  the 
recruiting  service  for  the  government  in  both  Oliio  and  ludianu.  His  first 
active  participation  in  politics  in  this  State  was  iu  1H72,  wlien  he  was  elected 
a  member  of  the  lower  House  of  the  Legislature.  After  serviug  one  term 
he  retired  from  political  life,  until  1876,  when  he  was  electc^l  for  the  first 
time  to  the  positiou  he  now  holdf^.  On  the  4th  of  December,  1H77,  death 
invaded  his  household  and  took  from  his  side  his  amiable  wife,  and  he  still 
remains  a  widower.  In  1878  he  was  again  elected  Prosecutiug  Attorney, 
and  he  has  been  re-elected  successively  to  tlie  same  position  at  each  recur- 
ring election  ever  since,  and,  without  disparagement  to  others,  it  may  be 
stated  that  at  his  third  election  he  received  a  higher  number  of  votes  than 
any  other  candidate  on  his  ticket.  Mr.  Caples  is  a  man  of  vigorous  consti- 
tution and  active  mind,  bidding  fair  to  insure  him  many  more  years  of 
active  life. 


J.    A.    CHAPMAN,    M.    D. 

Prominent  among  the  men  who  have  made  the  Northwest  famous  as  a 
rendezvous  for  entei-prise,  talent  and  industry,  may  be  mentioned  the  gen- 
tleman whose  name  is  the  title  of  this  brief  biography.  Dr.  Chapman  was 
born  in  the  town  of  Friendship,  AUeghany  county.  New  York,  Sept.  4, 1821. 
He  resided  at  that  place  until  he  was  sixteen  years  of  age,  enjoying  the  ad- 
vantage of  a  common  school  education.  He  then  went  to  Cub;i,  in  the  same 
State,  and  attended  the  Academy  two  years  and  then  studied  medicine  and 
surgery  with  Dr.  Griffin,  a  prominent  physician  of  that  section,  and  with 
whom  he  remained  for  three  and  a  half  years.  He  then  attended  the  Oeu- 
eva  Medical  College,  of  New  York,  and  graduated  from  that  institution  in 
the  winter  of  181:5-(5.  He  began  the  practice  of  his  profession  in  Cuba,  Hud 
continued  in  the  business  at  that  place  for  several  years.  He  then  went  to 
Dundee,  Yates  county.  New  York,  where  he  practiced  until  18(U,  AvJieu  the 
war  of  the  rebellion  burst  upon  the  country,  at  which  time  he  volunteered 
in  the  military  service  and  was  appointed  surgeon  of  the  Fiftieth  New  York 
Regiment,  Mith  the  rank  of  colonel.  He  Avent  South  and  served  with  his 
regiment  until  the  latter  part  of  1862,  when  he  was  transferred  to  the  over- 
land expedition,  for  this  coast,  under  Captain  Crawford.  He  came  as  sur- 
geon of  the  expedition  with  the  rank  of  major.  He  left  New  York,  May 
19th,  and  arrived  in  Portland,  Oregon,  November  1, 1862.  Hon.  J.  N.  Dolpli, 
U.  S.  Senator  elect,  and  Cyrus  A.  Dolph,  accompanied  the  expedition.  Ar- 
riving in  Portland,  he  again  began  practice,  with  the  late  Dr.  J.  C.  Haw- 
thorne, with  whom  he  remained  until  Dr.  Hawthorne  obtained  the  c<mtrfict 
for  keeping  the  Insane  of  the  State.  In  1867  Dr.  Chapman  was  el.>cted 
Mayor  of  the  City  of  Portland  on  the  Democratic  ticket.  In  1868  he  was 
.  elected  Chairman  of  the  Democratic  State  Central  Committee,  but  resigned 
upon  the  endorsement  of  Horace  Greeley  for  President  by  the  Democratic 
National  Convention  of  1872.  He  was  re-elected  Mayor,  on  the 
Republican  ticket  in  1876,  and  served  one  term.  Prior  to  this  lie  was  ap- 
pointed Surgeon-General  of  the  State  Militia,  by  Governor  L.  F.  Grover, 


116  REPRESENTATIVE    MEN    OF    OREGON. 


with  the  lauk  of  colouel.  In  June,  1882,  Dr.  Chapman  was  again  elected 
Mayor  for  the  third' term,  in  which  position  he  is  now  serving.  During  his 
long  official  career  in  Portland  he  has  held  the  confidence  of  the  people  by 
his  strict  integrity,  uniform  courtesy  and  honest  dealing  with  all  whom  he 
has  been  brought  in  contact  with,  either  in  a  professional  or  official  capacity. 


HON.  J.  C.  HUTCHINSON 
Is  one  of  the  most  active  and  best  known  Democrats  of  Douglas  county. 
He  was  born  October  10,  1835.  in  Henderson  county,  Illinois,  Avhere  his 
father  was  one  of  the  oldest  pioneers.  Young  Hutchinson's  parents  died 
in  1(351,  and  the  orphan  boy  did  not  receive  the  advantages  of  youth  which 
he  would  have  had  they  lived.  He,  however,  after  attending  the  district 
school,  spent  one  winter  at  Knox  College,  Galesburg,  Illinois,  and  made 
the  very  best  use  of  his  time  there,  coming  out  with  a  very  fair  education. 
He  came  to  Oregon  on  July  11,  1859,  and  pitched  his  tent  on  a  farm  in 
Douglas  county,  where  he  has  since  resided,  engaged  in  raising  stock  and 
farming.  Mr.  Hutchinson  was  elected  by  the  Democrats  of  Douglas  county 
to  the  Legislative  Assembly  of  1870,  and  while  there  secured  the  passage  of 
a  bill  changing  the  time  when  county  assessors  commence  their  work,  which 
was  the  means  of  saving  several  thousand  dollars  annually  to  many  of  the 
counties,  and  which  also  saved  a  large  amount  of  money  to  the  State.  Mr. 
Hiitchinson's  work  in  the  Legislature  was  unfortunately  cut  short  by  his 
falling  a  victim  to  the  small-pox,  and  he  was  taken  to  his  home,  where,  after 
lingering  for  a  few  weeks,  he  entirely  recovered.  Mr.  Hutchinson  favored 
the  road  from  Roseburg  across  the  mountains  east  by  way  of  the  North 
ITmpqua  to  the  pasture  country  east  of  the  Cascades,  and  also  stood  by 
the  Coos  Bay  Wagon  Road  Company,  of  Oregon,  when  in  the  Legislature, 
and  secured  its  construction.  Mr.  Hutchinson  was  married  in  February, 
1865,  to  Miss  S.  A.  Copeland,  and  they  now  have  four  fine  children,  and 
are  surrounded  by  the  comforts  of  this  world.  In  1871  he  paid  a  visit  to 
his  home  in  Illinois,  and  in  a  few  days  will  again  undertake  the  same  jour- 
ney.    We  wish  him  a  pleasant  trip. 


WILLIAM    R     SEWALL 

Is  a  retiring  gentleman,  of  pleasant  face  and  courteous  demeanor.  You 
would  never  think  that  he  was  destined  to  figure  in  the  political  arena,  but 
rather  that  he  was  fitted  for  the  life  of  the  careful  and  successful  business 
man.  And  yet  this  quiet  personage  is  one  of  the  most  popular  and  at  the 
same  time  powerful  factors  in  the  politics  of  Multnomah  county,  a  truth 
which  was  clearly  demonstrated  during  the  last  municipal  election,  when 
he  was  nominated  by  the  Republican  party  for  the  position  of  County 
Clerk,  and  to  which  office  he  was  elected  by  the  largest  majority  ever  given 
to  a  candidate  in  this  county.  He  was  not  supported  by  the  adherents  of 
his  own  party  simply,  but  hundreds  of  Democratic  voters  recognizing  his 
ability  and  sterling  integrity,  gave  him  their  unqualified  support,  believing 
that  by  so  doing  they  were  subserving  the  best  interests  of  the  tax- payers. 


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Mr.  Sewall  was  born  way  back  in  old  Maryland,  that  grand  old  Stat*  which 
was  the  cradle  of  religious  and  civil  liberty,  in  the  year -well,  it  don't  mat- 
ter when,  because  Billy  is  quite  a  young  man,  any  way.  He  went  to  New 
York  at  the  age  of  ten  and  secured  a  position  in  a  mercantile  establiHhnient 
there,  where  he  remained  for  some  years.  In  1853  he  t«ok  his  way  west- 
ward and  engaged  in  the  hardware  business  in  Sacramento,  wliere  he  re- 
mained twelve  years.  He  then,  in  1862,  came  to  Oregon,  and  spent  two 
years  in  looking  after  the  auriferous  metal  in  our  various  gold  diggings. 
In  186i  he  settled  in  Portland,  and  conducted  the  Western  and  Cosmopol- 
itan hotels  for  a  number  of  years.  He  then  accepted  the  position  of  clerk 
in  the  service  of  the  O.  T.  Co.,  whicii  position  he  retained  until  he  was 
elected  County  Clerk.  Mr.  Sewall  was  married  to  Miss  Dink  Elgin,  of 
Salem,  in  1869,  and  they  now  have  five  children.  Although  he  has  always 
been  an  active  worker  in  his  party,  this  is  the  first  time  that  he  has  held 
office.     He  is  a  member  of  Samaritan  Lodge,  No.  2,  I.  O.  O.  F. 


HON.    CHARLES     A.    JOHNS. 

Coming  to  Oregon  when  but  a  little  over  one  year  of  age,  from  Missouri, 
where  he  was  born  June  25,  1857,  Mr.  Johns  can  be  considered  as  mTicli  an 
Oregonian,  to  all  intents  and  purposes,  as  if  to  the  "manor  born."  Although 
not  yet  twenty-six  years  of  age,  he  has  made  his  mark,  and  if  "coming 
events  cast  their  shadows  before,"  Mr.  Johns  will  be  as  well  and 
favorably  known  in  the  councils  of  the  State,  as  he  is  well-known  in  the 
"Heart  of  the  Valley,"  where  he  has  grown  from  childhood  to  man's  estate. 
The  early  years  of  his  boyhood  were  passed  in  the  beautiful  little  city  of 
Scio,  nestled  in  the  windings  of  Thomas  creek.  Here  he  conquered  the  rudi- 
ments of  knowledge,  preparing  himself  for  a  collegiate  course  in  the  Wil- 
lamette Uniyersity  in  Salem,  which  institution  he  entered  in  December, 
1873,  and  from  which  he  graduated  an  A.  B.  in  1878,  near  the  head  of  his 
class.  The  same  year  he  received  the  appointment  of  Deputy  Sheriff  of 
Marion  county,  under  Sheriff  J.  A.  Baker,  which  position  he  held  until  his 
term  expired  in  July,  1880.  Mr.  Johns  then  commenced  the  study  of  law  in 
the  office  of  Hon.  William  H.  Holmes,  of  Salem,  now  Prosecuting  Attorney 
for  the  Third  Judicial  District  of  Oregon,  and  was  admitted  to  priictice  at 
the  March  term  of  the  Supreme  Court  in  1881.  Mr.  Johns,  after  receiving 
the  degree  of  A.  M.  from  his  Alma  Mater,  the  Willamette  University,  re- 
moved to  Dallas,  Polk  county,  where  he  now  resides  and  where  he  immedi- 
ately stepped  into  a  fair  practice,  which  his  talent  and  his  energy  entitled 
him  to.  Since  his  residence  there  he  has,  upon  several  occasions,  been  chosen 
orator  of  the  day,  and  in  every  instance  has  left  his  impress  as  a  ready  and 
eloquent  speaker.  During  the  last  political  campaign  Mr.  Johns  was  clioseu 
as  the  presiding  officer  of  the  Polk  County  Repul^lican  Convention,  and  was 
elected  by  that  body  as  the  Chairman  of  the  Republican  County  Committee. 
On  the  first  of  last  August  he  entered  into  a  law  copartnership  with  Hon. 
Warren  Truitt,  of  Dallas,  and  was  appointed  by  Governor  Moody  on  Sep- 
tember 27th,  as  the  County  Judge  of  Polk  county,  being  perhaps  the  young- 
est man  that  ever  held  the  responsible  office  of  chief  executive  of  a  county 


118  REPRESENTATIVE    MEN    OF    OREGON 


iu  this  State.  In  appearance  Mr.  Johns  is  a  fine  specimen  of  manhood  ;  his 
physique  is  of  the  Roman  style  of  "  architecture,"  and  commands  respect 
from  those  with  whom  he  comes  in  social  or  business  contact. 


I.    N.    SANDERS, 

The  presfcnt  Assessor  of  Multnomah  county,  was  born  in  Orange  county, 
Indiana,  iu  the  year  1840.  His  father  was  a  farmer,  and  the  boy  was 
brought  up  with  a  practical  knowledge  of  soil-culture,  in  the  meantime  at- 
tendiug  the  neighboring  schools,  until  the  age  of  twenty-two.  At  the 
breaking  out  of  the  civil  war  young  Sanders  joined  the  Sixty-Sixth  Indiana 
regiment,  which  for  a  time  was  in  the  Fifteenth  Corps  under  Gen.  Logan, 
and  again  in  the  Sixteenth,  under  Gen.  Dodge.  He  marched  with  the  gal- 
lant Sherman  from  Atlanta  to  the  sea,  and  participated  in  all  the  battles  on 
the  line  of  march.  The  soldier  boy  was  watched  over  by  a  lucky  star,  and 
with  the  exception  of  being  shot  through  the  shoulder  at  the  battle  of  Col- 
yerville,  Tenn.,  Oct.  11,  1863,  received  no  wound.  He  was  mustered  out  of 
service  in  June,  1865,  in  Indiana,  and  then  went  to  Centralia,  Illinois,  where 
he  lived  five  years,  engaged  in  the  profession  of  school  teaching.  In  1870 
he  came  west  to  Oregon  and  took  up  his  abode  in  East  Portland,  where  he 
has  since  prospered.  He  is  a  true  Republican  and  was  elected  City  Re- 
corder there  in  1875  and  subsequently  re-elected  four  times.  In  1882  the 
Republicans  of  Multnomah  saw  that  they  had  to  put  a  ticket  in  the  field 
which  was  composed  of  popular  men,  and  whom  the  people  could  place  de- 
pendence on,  iu  order  to  secure  a  victory.  Mr.  Sanders  was  nominated  for 
the  responsible  position  of  Assessor,  and  although  his  opponent  was  a 
strong  man,  our  hero  was  elected  by  a  handsome  majority.  He  was  mar- 
ried to  Miss  Asenath  Ferguson  in  1864,  and  they  have  six  children.  He  is 
a  member  of  Orient  Lodge,  No.  17,  I.  O.  O.  P.,  and  has  received  all  the 
honors  of  that  order,  having  been  P.  G.  and  Representative  to  G.  L.;  he  is 
also  a  member  of  George  Wright  Post,  G.  A.  R. 


EDWARD  M.  WAITE, 
Known  among  the  printing  fraternity  of  the  State  as  the  "Ben  FrankHn"  of 
Oregon,  was  born,  as  he  says,  B.  C,  and  judging  from  his  patriarchal  ap- 
pearance, nobody  will  dispute  his  assertion.  In  1841,  when  about  eleven 
years  of  age,  he  left  Springfield,  Mass.,  his  native  city,  for  Westfield,  where 
he  was  apprenticed  in  the  good,  old-fashioned  way,  to  Elijah  Porter  to  learn 
the  art  of  printing.  Here  he  remained  about  five  years,  when  he  went  to 
New  York  and  worked  a  short  time  on  the  "Journal  of  Commerce,"  when  he 
took  Horace  Greeley's  advice  and  "went  West,"  and  he  did  not  stop  going 
in  that  direction  until  he  arrived  in  Oregon  City  in  1851,  where  he  hired  out 
to  work  on  the  "  Oregon  Statesman,"  then  owned  by  A.  Bush,  Esq.,  Terri- 
torial Printer.  Here  he  put  in  nearly  two  years,  when  he  quit  the  art  pre- 
servative business  and  engaged  in  sundry  speculative  schemes,  among 
which  were  stock  buying  for  the  immigrant  trade  iu  Eastern  Oregon,  ship- 
ping produce  to  California,  etc.    In   company  with  E.  Holland  he  went  to 


REPKESENTATIVE    MEN    OF    OREGON.  Ill) 


■where  Silvertou  now  stands  and  built  a  store,  being  the  first  bnildini?  erect- 
ed in  that  now  flourishing  Httle  city.  There  our  hero  soon  gut  his  till  of  mer- 
chandising, and  afterwards  he  was  working  at  the  case  alongside  of  his 
old  chum,  W.  B.  Carter  (deceased),  in  the  "  Cliristian  Advocate  "  oflice,  in 
Portland;  at  the  same  time,  as  an  outside  speculation,  he  and  Carter  were 
runing  a  milk-ranch  near  the  city,  furnishing  the  citizens  of  the  metropolis 
with  pure  bovine  fluid.  We  next  hear  of  him  with  the  "  Statesman,"  wht-u 
it  was  moved  to  Salem,  and  he  followed  it,  with  the  Legislature,  to  Corvallis 
and  back  to  Salem.  In  1869  he  founded  his  present  book  and  job  office,  and 
has  added  to  it  from  time  to  time  until  now  it  is  the  best  selected  office  in 
the  State,  if  not  the  largest  one.  Mr.  Waite  has  been  the  "  keystone"  of  the 
State  Agricultural  Society  for  many  years,  having  been  the  secretary  of  that 
organization  continuously  for  eleven  terms.  He  is  now  a  member  of  the 
Common  Council  of  the  city,  and  his  vote  and  influence  always  go  for  ad- 
vancing the  interests  of  Salem.  In  personal  appearance  Mr.  Waite  is  the 
counterpart  of  Washington  Irviug's  "  Ichabod  Crane,"  and  if  you  can  catch 
him  when  he  is  not  engaged  with  a  rush  of  business  he  is  one  of  the 
most  genial  and  companionable  persons  in  the  world,  and  a  good  story  with 
a  point  to  it  mil  "double  him  up"  quicker  than  any  man  we  ever  met. 


DANIEL  M'KERCHER 
The  book  and  stationery  dealer  of  Portland,  was  born  in  Canada  ( )ftober, 
1832.  He  was  raised  there  until  the  age  of  eighteen,  when  he  removed  to 
Clarence  county,  New  York.  He  there  learned  the  trade  of  carriage  and 
wagon-makiug,  and  after  a  stay  of  four  years  he  went  to  Freeport,  Illinois. 
After  working  in  that  place  for  two  years  at  his  trade,  he  took  the  regula- 
tion trip  across  the  plains,  and  arrived  in  Portland  in  1856,  where  he  re- 
mained until  1863.  In  that  year  he  took  the  mining  fever  and  sought  the 
diggings  of  Idaho,  but  after  remaining  there  a  short  time  he  went  to  La 
Grande,  Union  county,  where  he  lived  for  seven  years  w^orking  at  his  trade. 
In  the  year  1871  he  returned  to  Portland,  and  secured  a  position  as  clerk 
in  the  employ  of  the  O.  T.  Co.  After  retaiaing  this  position  two  years,  he 
engaged  in  his  present  business,  which  is  one  of  the  best  in  its  line  in  our 
city.  Mr.  McKercher  has  always  been  an  enthusiastic  Republican  and  a 
good  party  worker,  and  m  the  year  1881  he  received  the  nomination  of  his 
party  for  City  Treasurer,  and  he  was  elected  in  the  face  of  a  strong  opposi- 
tion.    He  is  a  member  of  the  I.  O.  O.  F.  and  A.  F.  and  A.  M. 


HARRISON  B.  OATMAN. 
This  gentleman  came  to  Oregon  in  the  pioneer  days,  made  his  home  here, 
invested  every  cent  of  money  which  he  possessed  in  our  land,  and  ever  since 
has  had  his  interests  identified  with  that  of  the  State.  Such  being  tlie  case, 
he  ever  stood  ready  to  contribute  his  share  by  word  aud  act  toward  its  pros- 
perity, and  the  result  has  been  that  to-day  Mr.  Oatmau  is  one  of  our  large 
land  owners,  and  possesses  multifarious  interests  throughout  our  city  and 
State.     He  was  born  in  Courtland,  New  York,  in  1826.     When  a  child  his  pa- 


120  REPRESENTATIVE    MEN    OF    OREGON. 


rents  moved  to  Bellevue,  Ohio,  where  he  attended  school,  and  when  he  was 
at  tlie  a{,'e  of  twelve  they  again  removed,  this  time  to  Rockford,  Illinois,  in 
which  place  they  farmed  for  four  years.  At  the  age  of  twenty-one,  Mr. 
Oatmau  was  married  to  Miss  Lucena  K.  Ross,  and  in  the  year  1852  he,  with 
his  wife  and  family,  crossed  the  plains  to  Oregon  and  located  in  Rogue 
river  valley,  where  he  engaged  in  farming  and  afterwards  mined  and  traf- 
ficked in  merchandise.  He  remained  there  fourteen  years  and  then  came 
to  Portland,  where  he  has  since  resided.  On  arriving  here,  he  went  into 
the  grocery  business,  and,  becoming  the  owner  of  considerable  real  estate, 
he  finally  gave  up  the  grocery  trade  and  devoted  himself  solely  to  specu- 
lating in  lands.  Last  October,  when  the  MetropoHtan  Savings  Bank  was 
organized,  Mr.  Oatman  was  one  of  the  first  subscribers  to  its  stock  and  he 
is  now  one  of  its  heaviest  stockholders.  On  April  4,  1865,  Mr.  Oatman 
joined  the  First  Oregon  Infantry,  and  after  serving  two  years,  was  mus- 
tered out  July  14,  1867.  It  was  said  that  this  company  was  the  last  one 
composed  of  white  men  in  the  volunteer  service.  In  this  company  Mr.  Oat- 
man was  made  lieutenant  and  was  frequently  commended  for  gallant  conduct 
on  the  field. 


HON.    ASA    A.    M'CULLY 

Is  one  of  the  solid  men  of  Oregon,  and  one  of  those  to  whom  the  early  set- 
tlers of  the  State  owe  much.  He  was  born  in  the  province  of  New  Bruns- 
wick in  1818,  and  with  his  parents  moved  to  Ohio  when  he  was  but  five 
years  of  age.  While  a  young  man  he  learned  the  trade  of  making  fanning 
mills  and  worked  for  nine  years  at  the  business  in  Ohio,  when  he  removed 
to  Iowa,  where  he  engaged  in  merchandising  and  trading  in  Burlington 
and  New  London.  In  1848  he  "  came  the  plains  across"  with  ox  teams  to 
California  and  for  a  feat  it  was  without  an  equal.  Although  over  four  months 
on  the  way,  the  whole  train,  consisting  of  twenty-three  wagons  and  teams, 
65  men,  one  woman  and  one  dog,  all  came  through  without  the  loss  of  a 
life  or  a  single  pound  of  property,  with  the  exception  of  one  wagon  which 
broke  down  so  badly  that  it  had  to  be  abandoned.  After  remaining  two 
years  mining  and  trading  in  California,  lie  returned  to  Iowa  and,  in  1852, 
again  started  across  the  plains  with  his  family  by  ox  teams,  this  time  to 
Oregon,  coming  to  Harrishurg  and  taking  up  a  claim,  a  portion  of  which 
that  town  now  stands  on,  which  he  named  and  in  which  he  built  the  first 
house.  The  same  year  he  returned  to  Iowa  and  brought  150  head  of  cattle 
overland,  shipping  also  around  the  Horn  a  stock  of  merchandise  from  Phil- 
adelphia. In  1863  Mr.  McCully  removed  to  Salem  and,  in  the  following 
year,  was  elected  President  of  the  People's  Transportation  Company,  an 
organization  that  controlled  the  passenger  and  freight  traffic  for  many  years 
on  the  upper  Willamette  river.  He  occupied  that  position  until  the  locks 
were  built,  when  the  line  was  sold  to  Mr.  Ben  Holliday.  Mr.  McCully  rep- 
resented Linn  county  in  the  Legislature  of  1860,  and  has  served  as  Coimcil- 
man  of  the  capital  city  several  years  during  his  residence  there.  Mr.  Mc- 
Cully is  a  fine,  hale,  hearty-looking  gent,  and  enjoys  a  good  joke  about  as 
well  as  any  man  in  Oregon. 


REPRESENTATIVE    MEN    OF    OREGON.  121 


JAMES  B.  STEPHENS, 
Of  East  Portland,  who  is  familiarly  known  by  the  appellation  of  "  ITude 
Jimmy,"  was  born  on  the  line  of  Brook  county,  Vir{,'inia,  ami  WaKl)in^,'ton 
county,  Pennsylvania,  on  the  19th  of  November,  18(Xi.  When  he  was  oi^'ht 
years  old  his  parents  moved  to  Indiana,  when  that  country  was  still  a  Ter- 
ritory, where  he  lived  on  a  farm  durin<ir  most  of  the  time.  He  learned  the 
coopering  trade  and  followed  the  business  several  years  in  Indiana  and 
three  years  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio.  He  afterwards  purchased  a  farm  in  Han- 
cock county,  on  the  banks  of  the  Mississippi  river,  and  established  a  /Lfrucery 
store  on  his  place.  He  came  to  Oregon  in  1844  and,  taking  up  a  section  of 
land,  located  on  the  east  bank  of  the  Willamette  river,  now  known  as 'East 
Portland  and  also  Stephens'  Addition  to  East  Portland.  In  IMti  he  made 
1000  flour  barrels  and  400  salmon  barrels  for  the  Hudson  Bay  Compiiiiy, 
and  in  1847  he  made  400  beef  barrels  for  shipment  to  the  Sandwich  Islands. 
In  1850  he  laid  out  the  town  of  East  Portland,  and,  dividing  it  into  town 
lots,  offered  them  to  settlers  on  their  own  terms,  thus  materially  sliding  to 
build  up  the  east  side  of  the  river.  Together  with  his  aged  and  respected 
consort,  he  still  occupies  a  portion — about  twenty  acres — of  his  old  claim. 
He  was  married  in  1830  to  Miss  Elizabeth  Walker,  and  during  that  period 
they  have  had  seven  children,  all  of  whom  are  dead  but  one.  This  aged 
couple,  whose  lives  are  fast  drawing  to  a  close,  look  back  with  pride  to  the 
many  changes  that  the  fast-fleeting  years  have  wrought  in  this  country,  and 
contrast  the  improvements  and  conveniences  of  to-day  with  the  dreariness 
and  discomforts  that  surrounded  them  when  they,  with  brave  hearts,  hope- 
ful for  the  future,  settled  on  the  east  banks  of  the  W^illamette.  Tliey  have 
taken  a  prominent  part  in  bringing  about  these  wonderful  changes,  and 
therefore  are  entitled  to  the  heartfelt  interest  taken  in  "  Uncle  Jimmy"  and 
his  honored  helpmate  by  all  who  know  and  respect  them. 

HON.  GYRUS  A.  REED. 
The  subject  of  this  sketch  is  perhaps  more  clearly  identified  with  the 
history  of  Salem,  the  lower  Willamette  valley  and  the  State  at  large  than 
any  other  single  person  in  our  hasty  "  Pen  Pictures."  Born  in  Grafton, 
N.  H.,  in  1825,  he  was  thrown  in  a  measure  upon  his  own  resources  at  the 
age  of  eleven  years  by  the  death  of  both  his  parents.  After  receiving  an 
academic  education  at  the  Northfield  Seminary  in  that  State  he  learned  the 
trade  of  wagon  and  carriage-making  and  painting,  studying  tJie  latter 
branch  of  the  business  with  a  thorough  artist.  Col.  Reed  came  to  Califor- 
nia in  1S49  with  the  first  of  the  argonauts,  but  after  visiting  tbe  mines, 
concluded  to  come  to  Oregon,  which  he  did,  landing  at  Astoria  and  coming 
up  to  Portland  in  a  small  boat,  arriving  here  on  the  1st  of  January,  18r)(). 
He  found  the  embryo  metropolis  with  less  than  200  inhabitants.  He  "  took 
the  school,"  being  the  second  school  teacher  th;it  ever  taught  in  that  "p'int 
of  timber."  He  helped  to  build  the  first  saw-mill  here  and  to  run  it;  the 
firmbeiug  Abrams,  Reed  &  Co.,  Hon.  Stephen  Collin  being  the  "  Co."  Mr. 
Reed  purchased  a  farm  in  18.52,  near  Salem,  which  he  run  with  a  paint-shop, 
drug  and  book  store  in  Salem;  was  treasurer  of  the  first  agricultural  ko- 


122  EEPRESENTATIVE    MEN    OF    OREGON. 


cieky  in  Ore^jou;  was  one  of  the  first  stookliolders  and  afterwards  one  of 
the  directors  of  the  Willamette  Woolen  Factory;  was  a  member  of  the 
firm  of  Joues,  Reed  &  Co.,  that  built  on  "  Boon's  Island"  the  first  door, 
sash,  blind  and  labor-saving  manufactory;  was  elected  to  the  Legislature 
in  1862  and  framed  and  introduced  the  present  militia  law  of  the  State;  was 
appointed,  to  carry  the  law  into  effect,  Adjutant  General  of  the  State  by 
Governor  A.  C.  Gibbs  and  re-appointed  by  Governor  Woods.  His  printed 
report  at  the  close  of  his  official  career  is  regarded  by  military  men  as  one 
of  the  best  documents  of  the  kind  ever  issued.  In  1869,  under  a  contract 
with  the  State,  built  the  Opera  House  building  for  State  Department  offices. 
The  administration  changing  and  the  newly-elected  State  officers  failing  to 
comi)ly  with  the  agreement,  the  building  was"  turned  into  a  hotel  and  opera 
house.  The  Colonel  in  1874  painted  a  magnificent  panorama  of  Oregon, 
which  is  considered  a  fine  work  of  art,  and  which  is  now  being  exhibited  in 
continental  Europe.  Mr.  Reed  was  again  elected  to  the  Legislature  in 
1874,  and  during  the  session  introduced  and  carried  through  the  bill  that 
reared  the  walls,  enclosed  and  made  ready  for  occupation  the  present  cap- 
itol  building.  In  1878  was  again  a  member  and  was  the  originator  of  sev- 
eral bills  for  the  advancement  of  the  State  and  society.  Conspicuous  among 
them  was  the  present  gambling  law;  the  law  closing  saloons  on  election 
days;  the  act  lo  prohibit  the  public  execution  of  criminals  convicted  of 
capital  ofTenses.  It  would  require  a  volume  double  the  size  of  this  book  to 
give  in  detail  the  various  enterprises  Mr.  Reed  has  I)eea  engaged  in  during 
his  residence  in  Oregon.  In  personal  appearance  the  Colonel  is  inclined  to 
embonpoint,  but  he  is  as  active  and  as  full  of  vim  and  energy  to-day  as  he 
was  when  he  landed  in  Oregon  thirty-two  years  ago. 


HON.  FRANK  J.  TAYLOR, 
Of  Astoria,  is  one  of  those  genial,  whole-souled  chaps  whom  it  does  one  good 
to  meet  and  who  infuses  new  Life  into  you  with  the  simple  shake  of  the 
hand.  His  affability  and  goo  I  nature  make  him  a  general  favorite  and  his 
friends  are  legion.  His  parents  came  to  Oregon  "the  plains  across"  in  1845, 
and  settled  first  at  Oregon  City  and  afterwards  moved  to  Clatsop  plains, 
where  Frank  put  in  an  appearance  on  the  11th  day  of  May,  1851.  He  received 
a  common  school  education,  and  developing  a  natural  taste  for  law  he  corn- 
commenced  reading  in  the  office  of  HaU,  Thayer  &  WilHams,  in  Portland, 
along  in  1871  and  1872.  He  afterwards  attended  law  school  at  Albany  Uni- 
versity, Albany,  N.  Y.,  and  graduated,  being  admitted  to  the  bar  of  that  State 
m  1873.  He  returned  to  Oregon  and  opened  an  office  at  Astoria,  where  he 
has  practiced  law  most  of  the  time  since.  He  was  elected  and  held  the  office 
of  ^Recorder  and  Police  Judge  of  Astoria  from  August  1,  1875,  to  June  1, 
1878.  and  at  present  is  serving  as  Councilman  in  the  Common  Council  of 
that  city.  In  1880  he  was  nominated  and  elected  member  of  the  House  of 
Representatives  from  Clatsop  and  Tillamook  counties,  and  served  his  con- 
stituents faithfully  during  that  session.  He  was  an  active  worker  and  proved 
an  important  factor  in  that  body.  He  was  a  member  of  several  important 
committees   and  frequently  took  an  active  part  in  debates.     Mr.  Taylor  is 


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considered  a  fine-lookiugf  man.  He  is  rather  tall  and  slim,  stauds  erect,  his 
face  bejug  smooth-shaved,  with  the  exception  of  a  mustaclio  of  dark  browu. 
His  head  is  well-shaped,  with  eyes  well  set  back  and  fairly  Klisteuiu^f  with 
good  humor.  He  is  unmarried,  "'tis  true,  and  pity 'tis 'tis  true."  He  is 
popular  and  makes  friends  everywhere. 


DR.  LANSING  S.  SKIFF. 
Dr.  Skiif  resides  in  Salem,  the  capital  city  of  the  State,  where  he  practices 
the  profession  of  dentistry,  and  in  the  annals  of  the  dental  associations  of 
this  coast  takes  a  high  rank  as  a  skillful  and  successful  operate:,  havin/if 
produced  some  of  the  finest  and  most  artistic  work  ever  made  on  this  side 
of  the  "  Rockies."  He  is  the  founder  of  the  Oregon  State  Dental  Society, 
and  served  one  year  as  President  and  two  years  as  Vice-President  of  that 
organization.  The  Doctor  was  born  near  Syracuse,  Onondaga  county,  N. 
Y.,  somewhere  in  the  "  thirties."  He  came  to  California  in  1849,  where  he 
resided  nine  years,  from  thence  coming  to  Salem  in  1858,  where  he  still 
lives.  He  is  considered  one  of  the  substantial  citizens  of  the  city,  and  has 
been  elected  no  less  than  five  times  to  represent  his  ward  in  the  Common 
Council,  and  has  been  one  of  the  most  active  men  of  his  community  iu  all 
enterprises  looking  to  the  advancement  of  the  material  welfare  of  the  city 
and  county  in  which  he  lives. 


D.    W.    PRENTICE, 

Of  the  well-known  music  firm  of  D.  W.  Prentice  &  Co.,  is  one  of  our  successful 
business  men  and  has  made  a  place  for  himself  and  a  name  for  his  house 
that  is  second  to  none  other.  He  was  born  iu  Worthington,  Hampshire 
county,  Mass,  in  the  year  1835.  After  receiving  the  benefits  of  a  common 
school  English  education,  he  was  apprenticed  to  the  cabinet-making  and 
stair-building  trades,  and  became  a  thorough  mechanic.  At  the  age  of 
twenty-two  he  traveled  west  to  Minnesota,  where  he  worked  at  his  trade  for 
a  period  of  ten  years.  He  came  to  the  Webfoot  State  in  1867,  and  took  up 
his  residence  in  Salem,  where  he  lived  for  eight  years.  During  this  time  he 
worked  at  the  bench  and  aftewards  became  a  teacher  of  vocal  music.  Here 
he  met  with  such  success  that  he  was  impelled  to  move  to  Oregon's  metropo- 
lis, which  he  did  in  the  year  1875.  In  his  new  homo  he  taught  vocal  music 
for  one  year,  and  then  seeing  an  opportunity  to  go  into  business  he  did  so, 
and  bought  out  the  branch  store  of  the  great  San  Francisco  music  liouse, 
Sherman  &  Hyde.  At  that  time  the  business  was  very  small  and  its  con- 
nection with  the  outer  world  very  imperfect.  From  this  small  beginning 
Mr.  Prentice  has,  by  close  attention  to  business  and  a  careful  study  of  the 
wants  of  the  music-loving  community,  made  his  establishment  what  it  is  to- 
day—the leading  music  house  of  the  Northwest  and  a  source  of  great  pleas- 
ure to  our  people.  Mr.  Prentice  was  married  to  Miss  Lizzie  De  Nure,  iu 
Minnesota  iu  1862,  and  they  have  one  child.  In  business  circles  he  stands 
in  the  front  rank,  and  socially  he  is  a  pleasant  and  considerate  gentleman. 


124  REPRESENTATIVE    MEN    OF    OREGON. 


CAPTAIN    L.    S.    SCOTT, 

Tbe  popular  and  efficient  Postmaster  at  Salem,  was  born  at  Litchfield,  Con- 
necticut, October  1,  1830.  In  1832  the  family  moved  to  the  Canada  side  of 
the  Niatjara  Falls,  where  his  father  kept  a  hotel  until  1834,  when  he  moved 
to  Ohio,  where  he  resided  until  1843,  when  he  moved  to  Illinois,  and  from 
there  in  184G  to  Missouri.  In  1848  the  subject  of  our  sketch  drove  a  team 
to  Santa  Fe,  New  Mexico,  and  returning  home  in  1850,  took  the  gold  fever  and 
started  for  California,  crossing  the  plains  with  the  ox  team  of  that  day  and 
age.  The  greater  portion  of  the  next  eleven  years  was  spent  in  placer 
mining,  in  Volcano,  Amador  county.  In  1861,  on  the  breaking  out  of  the 
civil  war,  Mr.  Scott  raised  Company  D,  Fourth  California  Infantry  Vol- 
unteers, and  was  appointed  captain  of  the  organization  in  September  of  that 
year.  They  were  detailed  for  service  in  this  State,  and  were  transported 
hither  on  the  steamer  Cortez.  The>  were  stationed  at  Fort  Yamhill,  and 
during  the  interval  between  1861  and  1865  Captain  Scott  was  at  different 
times  commander  of  that  post.  Fort  Hoskins  and  the  Siletz  Block  House. 
In  July,  1865,  his  company  was  ordered  to  Eastern  Oregon  and  established 
the  post  in  Harney  lake  valley,  known  as  Camp  Curry.  In  December  of  that 
year  the  company  was  ordered  to  San  Francisco,  where  it  was  mustered  out 
of  service.  Captain  Scott  immediately  •  returned  to  Oregon,  and  he  en- 
tered the  general  merchandising  business  in  Portland,  where  he  remained 
but  a  short  time,  going  to  Salem  in  1866,  where  he  has  since  continuously  re- 
sided. In  1868  he  was  elected  Mayor  of  that  city,  and  was  re-elected  in  1869. 
In  1872  he  was  elected  Sheriff  of  Marion  county,  which  position  he  filled 
with  great  efficiency.  In  1874  he  was  elected  Chairman  of  the  Republican 
State  Central  Committee  by  the  State  Convention  of  that  year,  which  posi- 
tion he  held  until  1878.  In  1878  he  w^as  elected  a  member  of  the  House  of 
Representatives.  As  a  legislator  he  was  active  and  untiring  and  watched 
carefully  the  interests  of  the  county  he  represented.  In  1879  he  was  ap- 
pointed postmaster  at  Salem,  which  position  he  still  holds.  As  such  officer, 
he  is  attentive,  obliging  and  trustworthy,  and  gives  universal  satisfaction  in 
the  discharge  of  his  official  duties.  He  takes  an  active  interest  in  politics, 
and  is  a  pronounced  and  uncompromising  Republican.  He  was  married 
October  13,  1858,  to  Miss  Eliza  J.  Erwin,  of  Volcano,  Cal.,  and  they  have 
five  children  living.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  order  and  of  the  A.  O. 
CJ.  W.  He  is  of  ordinary  height,  well-biiilt,  pleasant  face,  well  covered  with 
a  gray  beard,  and  socially  speaking  is  genial,  jovial  and  good-natured. 


O.    F.    PAXTON. 

Among  the  young  men  of  this  State  who  have,  within  the  past  few  years, 
entered  the  ranks  of  the  legal  profession,  none  have  brighter  indications  of 
success  than  does  he  whose  name  heads  this  sketch.  He  is  energetic,  in- 
dustriouK  and  ambitious.  These  qualities,  combined  with  the  advantages 
derived  from  an  excellent  education,  unusual  natural  capacities,  and  a  high 
sense  of  honor,  place  him  at  once  among  the  foremost  ranks  of  his  profes- 
sion. He  was  born  in  Albany,  Oregon,  January  4,  1858,  and  attended  the 
pubhc  schools  and  the  Albany  College  Institute  until  1868,  when  he  went 


KEPRESENTATIVE    MEN    OF    OREGON.  125 


,  to  CaliforDia  and  attended  the  Liueoln  Giammar  school,  of  San  Francisco 
and  the  Grammar  School  of  Sauta  Clara.  Ileturniu}^  to  Ore>,'ou  iu  i870,  lit 
resided  with  liis  parents  on  a  farm  near  Brownsville  until  1875,  wbeu  he 
moved  to  Poitland,  where  he  has  since  resided.  In  1870  he  entered  the 
Portland  High  School  and  graduated  first  iu  a  class  of  thirteen  in  1878,  be- 
ing selected  by  them  as  valedictorian,  and  he  is  at  present  the  President  of 
the  alumni  of  t'^at  institution.  He  at  once  commenced  the  study  of  law  with 
the  well-knoAMi  firm  of  Thayer  it  Williams,  of  Portland,  and  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  in  1880,  meanwhile  serving  for  a  few  months  as  Private  Secre- 
tary to  Governor  Thayer,  which  position  he  resigned  in  December,  1878. 
At  the  general  election  in  1882  he  was  elected  County  Schtjol  Superintend- 
ent for  Multnomah  county  on  the  Republican  ticket  by  about  14:50  majority, 
his  opponent  being  the  joint  nominee  of  the  Democratic  and  ludepeuileut 
parties.  He  is  now  acting  as  the  attorney  in  Multnomah  and  Columbia 
counties  tor  the  State  Board  of  School  Land  Commissioners.  He  is  build- 
ing up  a  very  lucrative  practice  in  Portland,  and  has  gained  the  respect  and 
good  will  of  a  host  of  friends  and  acquaintances.  Mr.  Paxton  is  both  a 
student  and  a  thinker.  He  has  great  force  and  vigor  intellectually  and 
physically  and  extraordinary  working  ability.  He  is  a  man  of  pronounced 
and  positive  opinions,  and  is  possessed  of  an  erect,  diguitied  bearing,  and  is 
a  ready  and  forcible  speaker.  His  height  is  about  five  feet  ten  inches,  and 
his  weight  one  hundred  and  fifty  pounds.  His  head  is  large  and  well- 
shaped,  with  prominent  forehead  and  deep-set  blue  eyes,  auburn  hair,  and 
heavy  brown  beard  and  mustache.  He  is  considered  good  looking  and  is  a 
favorite  in  society.  Our  lady  readers  will  be  interested  to  learn  that  Mr. 
Paxton  is  unmarried. 


PROFESSOR    JOHN    M.    GARRISON, 

Who  during  the  past  few  years  has  gained  an  enviable  reputation  through- 
out the  State  as  a  teacher  of  penmanship,  was  born  in  Atchinson  county, 
Missouri,  September  25,  1845,  and  with  his  parents  moved  to  Oregon  in 
1846  and  settled  near  Amity,  in  Yamhill  county,  where  his  father  took  up  a 
tract  of  land.  His  early  life  was  spent  on  the  farm,  attending  the  district 
schools  when  at  odd  times  there  was  one  in  session.  In  1800  he  entered  the 
Willamette  University  at  Salem  and  graduated  from  that  institution  in  the 
class  of  '60  with  the  degree  of  A.  B.  During  the  next  five  years  he  devoted 
his  attention  to  teaching  school,  three  years  of  the  time  being  spent  in  Sa- 
lem and  two  years  in  Corvallis.  In  1869  he  received  the  degree  of  .\.  M. 
at  the  Willamette  University.  Having  concluded  to  adopt  the  teaching  of 
penmanship  as  a  profession.  Prof.  Garrison  at  once  set  about  perfecting 
himself  in  that  particular  department  of  education,  which,  as  every  intelli- 
gent person  knows,  has  too  little  attention  paid  to  it  in  the  common  school 
system  of  the  present  day.  Prof.  Garrison  therefore  commenced  the  forma- 
tion of  classes  in  penmanship  in  the  leading  institutions  of  learning  iu  Ore- 
gon and  W^ashington  Territory,  and  success  crowned  his  efforts  from  their 
infancy,  nntil  to-day  he  is  scarcely  able  to  fill  his  engagements.  His  system 
is  a  thorough  one  from  its  rudiments  to  the  close,  and  scholars  under  his 
instruction  almost  invariably  make  not  only  astonishing  and  rapid,  init  also 


126  REPRESENTATIVE    MEN    OF    OREGON. 


permauent,  improvement.  He  possesses  the  faculty  of  imparting  instruction  • 
to  liis  pupils  and  encouraging  them  in  their  efforts  to  succeed.  He  man- 
a"es'to  create  a  spirit  of  competition  among  them,  and  those  who  earnestly 
apply  themselves  and  implicitly  follow  his  instructions  never  fail  to  become 
good  penmen.  Prof.  Garrison  has  a  natural  love  for  his  work  and  takes 
great  pride  in  the  advancement  of  its  benefits,  whether  such  advancement 
is  the  result  of  his  own  labor  or  that  of  others.  He  is- very  successful  in 
■'aining  the  respect  and  esteem  of  his  pupils  and  patrons,  and  never  fails  to 
create  good  and  lasting  impressions  wherever  he  teaches.  He  was  married 
in  January,  1876,  to  Miss  Mary  Blank,  of  Forest  Grove,  where  he  has  been 
residing  for  the  last  five  years,  and  where  as  a  citizen  and  neighbor  be  is 
honored  and  respected. 

W.    T.    COOK 

Is  the  leadinir  druggist  of  Centerville,  Umatilla  county,  and  is  a  gentleman 
wiio  ;  y  his  courteous  demeanor  and  considerate  nature  will  make  friends 
and  be  a  success  wherever  he  travels.  He  was  born  in  Polk  county,  Mis- 
souri, in  the  year  1848.  Received  his  education  there  and  afterward  taught 
school  there  five  years.  He  came  to  Oregon  when  quite  a  young  man,  and 
on  arriving  here  he  taught  school  for  one  year  in  Linn  and  Wasco  counties, 
after  which  he  embarked  in  the  drug  business  in  Peoria,  Linn  county.  He 
remained  there  but  one  year,  and  then  removed  to  Centerville,  Umatilla 
county,  where  he  associated  himself  with  Mr.  Irvine,  who  is  a  physician, 
under  the  firm  name  of  Cook  &  Irvine.  The  firm  has  prospered,  and  aside 
from  their  book  and  drug  business  they  are  the  agents  for  Wells,  Fargo  & 
Co.,  the  Utah,  Idaho  and  Oregon  Stage  Company,  and  Mr.  Cook  is  the 
postmaster.  It  probably  would  not  be  out  of  place  here  to  state  that  when 
Mr.  Cook  first  arrived  here  he  did  not  have  a  penny,  and  before  he  secured 
the  position  as  teacher  alluded  to  above  he  was  compelled  to  work  at  man- 
ual labor  for  one  year  and  a  half.  By  his  perseverance,  industry  and  spirit 
he  has  now  become  a  successful  business  man  and  has  amassed  a  comforta- 
ble fortune,  and  he  has  always  been  an  earnest  and  acti%^e  Democi-at.  Al- 
though young  and  handsome,  our  sul)ject  has  not  yet  been  captured  by  the 
fair  sex,  but  we  trust  that  some  ;iay  soon  the  marriage  bell  will  peal  forth 

the  ha])py  announcement  that  ^aiss is  ai)out  to  become  Mrs.  W.  T. 

Cook. 


CAPTAIN  J.  D.  MERRYMAN, 
An  honored  citizen  of  Astoria  and  a  prominent  representative  of  Clatsop 
county,  was  born  at  St.  Clairsville,  Ohio,  in  1838,  and  received  the  benefits 
of  an  early  common  school  education.  At  fifteen  years  of  age  he  accepted 
a  clerkship  in  a  general  merchandising  establishment  at  Woodsfield,  Ohio, 
where  he  remained  until  the  war  broke  out,  when  he  enlisted  in  the  Twenty- 
fifth  Ohio  Volunteer  Infantry  and  was  elected  Second  Lieutenant  of  Com- 
pany B,  and  was  afterwards  appointed  First  Lieutenant  and  Captain.  He 
was  discharged  from  the  service  December  2',t,  lSfj-2,  on  the  surgeon's  certifi- 
cate of  disability,  having  been  twice  severely  wounded.     He  came  to  Oregon 


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in  1863  and  .jvas  engaged  in  selling  goods  afc  Hillsboro  until  18(i8,  when  he 
was  elected  County  Clerk  of  Washington  county  and  was  re-elected  in 
1870.  In  May,  1873,  he  was  appointed  Deputy  Collector  of  Cu.stojnK  at  As- 
toria, and  served  as  such  until  June,  1881,  when  he  was  appointed  Col- 
lector of  the  port  in  place  of  Hon.  W.  D.  Hare,  whose  term  of  office  had  ex- 
pired. Capt.  Merryman  is  a  gentleman  of  marked  executive  ability  and  as 
a  public  officer  has  given  universal  satisfaction.  He  was  married  "in  Mav, 
1873,  to  Miss  Rebecca  Eagleton,  of  Hillsboro.  Men  of  Capt.  Merrynian's 
stamp  are  a  credit  to  any  community. 


HON.  GEORGE  H.  WILLIAMS 
Was  born  in  Columbia  county,  New  York,  on  the  2(;th  day  of  Marcli,  1,S'23. 
He  was  educated  at  the  academy  on  Pompey  hill,  in  Onondago  county, 
where  his  father  removed  at  an  early  day.  He  studied  law  with  the  Hon. 
Daniel  Gott.  At  the  age  of  twenty-one  he  was  admitted  to  practice  in  the 
courts  of  that  State.  In  the  same  year  he  immigrated  to  the,  tlien,  Territorv 
of  Iowa,  and  commenced  the  practice  of  his  profession  at  Fort  Machson. 
In  1847  he  was  elected  Judge  of  the  Fifth  Judicial  District  of  Iowa.  He 
discharged  the  duties  of  that  office  for  five  years,  when  both  political  parties 
offered  to  join  in  his  re-election,  but  he  declined.  In  1852  he  was  nominat- 
ed by  the  Democratic  State  Convention  of  Iowa  as  one  of  the  Presidential 
Electors  and  canvassed  the  State  for  Franklin  Pierce.  In  Marcli,  IHTui, 
chiefly  upon  the  recommendation  of  Hon.  Stephen  A.  Douglas,  wIk)  was  his 
personal  friend,  he  was  appointed  Chief  Justice  of  the,  then,  Territory  of 
Oregon,  and  immediately  with  his  family  removed  here.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  Constitutional  Convention  from  Marion  county,  and  was  Chairman  of 
the  Judiciary  Committee.  He  was  reappointed  Chief  Justice  of  the  Terri- 
tory by  President  Buchanan,  but  resigned  and  resumed  the  practice  of  Ijis 
profession  at  Portland.  Many  leaders  of  the  Democratic  party  at  the  time  the 
State  Government  was  formed  were  in  favor  of  making  Oregon  a  slave  State, 
and  that  question,  separate  and  apart  from  the  Constitution,  was  sulimitted 
by  the  Constitutional  Convention  to  the  people.  Mr.  Williams  took  decid- 
ed ground  against  the  establishment  of  slavery  in  the  new  State,  s])eaking 
and  writing  against  it,  and  the  pro-slavery  party  was  defeated,  but  his 
standing  as  a  party  man  was  greatly  impaired  by  the  contest.  When  the 
secession  movement  was  inaugurated  Mr.  Wilhams  dissolved  his  ct)nne('tion 
with  the  Democratic  party  and  assisted  in  the  formation  of  a  Union  party 
in  the  State.  In  September,  1864,  he  was  elected  by  the  Union,  or  Rei)Td»li- 
can,  party  U.  S.  Senator  from  this  State.  Mr.  WiUiams  took  his  seat  in  the 
Senate  about  the  end  of  the  civil  war,  and  when  it  became  necessary  in  Con- 
gress to  consider  and  settle  the  difficult  and  complicated  questions  gnjwing 
out  of  that  sectional  and  sanguinary  struggle.  A  joint  committee  of  the  two 
Houses,  consisting  of  thirteen  members,  of  which  Mr.  Williams  was  one,  was 
organized  to  examine  and  report  upon  matters  pertaining  to  the  reconstruc- 
tion of  the  Union.  A  vast  amount  of  testimony  was  taken  and  various 
propositions  discussed  by  this  committee  without  any  definite  conclusion. 
Meanwhile  President  Andrew  Johnson  was  proceeding  independently  of 


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Congress  to  reorganize  the  revolted  States  by  reiustatingr  in  power  the  leaders 
of  the  rebelliou.  On  the  4th  of  March,  1867,  Mr.  Williams  having  prepared, 
introduced  into  the  Senate  a  bill  entitled  "A  Bill  tor  the  more  efficient  gov- 
ernment of  the  States  lately  in  rebellion,"  commonly  called  the  Reconstruc- 
tion Bill,  which,  after  being  amended,  passed  both  Houses  of  Congress  and 
was  vetoed  by  the  President.  The  bill  was  passed  over  the  veto,  and  under 
this  act  the  union  was  re-estabhshed  and  the  States  restored  to  harmonious 
relations  with  the  Federal  Government.  Many  other  important  measures, 
such  as  the  tenure  of  office  act,  an  act  to  regulate  the  election  of  Senators, 
were  brought  forward  by  the  Senator  from  Oregon.  Soon  after  the  expira- 
tion of  his  term  Mr.  Wilharas  was  appointed  one  of  the  Joint  High  Commis- 
sion to  settle  by  treaty  with  Great  Britain  the  Alabama  claims  and  other 
disputed  questions  between  the  two  countries.  His  appointment  was  with 
special  reference  to  the  northwestern  boundary  between  the  United  States 
and  Great  Britain,  which  had  been  in  controversy  ever  since  the  treaty  of 
the  15th  of  June,  1846.  In  December,  1871,  Mr.  Williams  was  appointed 
Attorney-General  of  the  United  States.  When  he  came  into  this  office  the 
Ku-Klux  clan,  and  various  other' similar  organizations  in  the  South,  were 
operating  to  deprive  the  Union  and  colored  citizens  of  that  section  of  their 
political  rights,  and  the  vigorous  measures  adopted  by  the  Attorney-Gen- 
eral for  their  suppression  aroused  an  intense  hostility  to  him  in  the  party 
opposed  to  the  Administration.  In  1873  Mr.  Williams  was  nominated  by 
President  Grant  for  Chief-Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United 
States,  but  at  his  instance  the  President  withdrew  his  name.  In  the  Spring 
of  1875  Mr.  Williams  resigned  the  office  of  Attorney-General,  and  has  re- 
sumed the  practice  of  his  profession  in  Portland. 


HON.    WILLIAM    H.    WATKINDS. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  may  be  classed  among  the  remarkable  as  well 
as  prominent  men  of  Oregon.  William  H.  Watkinds  was  born  in  Greencas- 
tle,  Putnam  county,  Indiana,  December  7,  1835.  Together  with  his  mother 
and  other  members  of  the  family,  except  his  father,  who  had  preceded 
them  by  two  years,  he  came  to  Oregon  in  1852,  crossing  the  plains  with  ox 
teams.  Arriving  in  the  Willamette  valley,  the  family  proceeded  to  Soda 
Springs,  Linn  county,  near  the  town  of  Lebanon,  where  the  father  had  lo- 
cated a  land  claim  under  the  donation  act  of  September  27,  1850.  There  . 
he  engaged  in  the  work  of  assisting  in  improving  a  farm  until  1855,  when 
he  went  to  Salem  and  became  an  apprentice  to  learn  the  saddler  and  har- 
ness trade.  His  advantages  of  obtaining  an  education  were  limited,  only 
being  able  to  attend  school  at  Lebanon  during  a  small  portion  of  the  time 
that  he  remained  with  his  father  on  the  farm.  He  is  a  Democrat,  both 
by  nature  and  education,  and  he  early  began  giving  much  attention  to 
politics.  His  first  vote  was  cast  for  Gen.  Joseph  Lane  for  delegate  to  Congress. 
Having  perfected  a  knowledge  of  his  trade,  he  located  at  Salem  and  began 
its  pursuit,  which  he  continued  with  success  for  several  years.  The  first 
State  Convention  he  attended  was  at  Eugene  City  in  1860,  where  he  was 
sent  as  a  delegate,  and  at  which   time  he  supported  Stephen  A.  Douglas 


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for  President.  With  two  exceptions,  he  has  beei\  a  member  of  every  Dem- 
ocratic State  Convention  since  the  ortranization  of  the  State.  Ho  has 
twice  been  a  member  of  the  Democratic  State  Central  Committee  f(.r  Marion 
connty.  In  1870  he  was  appointed  Superintendent  of  the  State  Peniten- 
tiary by  Governor  Grover,  and  reappointed  in  1874  upon  that  Kentleman'H 
reinstallmeut  in  the  executive  chair.  Upon  tlie  election  of  Governor  Grover 
to  the  U.  S.  Senate  in  1876  Mr.  Watkinds  resigned  the  office  of  Superin- 
tendent. Durin<,'  his  term  of  office  he  was  appointed  one  of  tlie  Peniten- 
tiary Buildini?  Commissioners,  of  which  body  he  was  elected  chairman. 
That  elegant  and  substantial  structure  stands  a  monument,  attestinj:  his 
sagacity  and  wisdom  in  directing  its  construction.  And  Iuh  accounts  of 
expenses,  tiled  in  the  archives  of  the  State,  after  the  most  searchinjf  in- 
vestigation, prove  the  honesty  and  economy  of  his  administrations,  both  as 
superintendent  and  commissioner.  During  his  term  of  office  there  passed 
through  his  hands  nearly  !B1:0(),000  of  public  funds,  and  no  charge  of  irregu- 
larity in  its  expenditure  has  ever  been  sustained.  After  retiring  from  office 
Mr.  Watkinds  removed  to  Portland,  where  he  still  resides,  engaged  in  the 
saddle  and  harness  business.  The  anxiety  and  excitement  of  the  fierce  po- 
litical contests  in  which  he  has  so  prominently  figured  have  left  ftnv 
traces  upon  his  sanguine  frame  or  features  and  he  bids  fair  to  splinter 
many  a  lance  with  opponents  in  contests  yet  to  be. 


GEORGE  H.  DURHAM 
Is  one  of  the  able  attorneys  of  the  Portland  bar,  and  has  attained  his  present 
position  of  prominence  by  virtue  of  application  to  study  and  ambition  to 
■win.  He  was  born  in  Springfield,  Illinois,  December  4, 1813.  When  he  was 
four  years  of  age  his  iiarents  immigrated  to  Oregon  by  way  of  the  plains, 
and  after  arriving  here  settled  at  Clackamas.  They  removed  to  OsAvego  in 
1S50,  and  young  George  was  enabled  to  attend  the  district  school  a  certain 
number  of  months  in  each  year.  Having  made  very  good  progress  in  his 
studies,  l.i.-.  parents  determined  to  give  him  a  college  course,  and  in  1858 
he  entered  the  Willamette  University  at  Salem.  At  the  breaking  out  of 
the  rebellion  he  left  the  college  halls  and  enlisted  in  B  Company,  First 
Oregon  Cav'alry.  On  leaving  his  regiment  he  went  to  Pacific  University, 
at  Forest  Grove,  and  graduated  from  that  institution  in  the  class  of  1866, 
along  with  Judge  E.  B.  Watson  and  Rev.  M.  Eells.  In  the  same  year  Mr 
Durham  was  married  to  Miss  S.  E.  Clarke,  daughter  of  the  well-known 
missionary,  Rev.  Harvey  Clarke,  and  he  then  engaged  in  scliool-teacliing 
at  North  Yamhill  and  at  Cornelius  Academy.  Being  of  a  i>rogrc8sive  nature, 
and  believing  that  he  was  possessed  of  the  necessary  ijualifications,  he  de- 
termined to  become  a  lawyer,  and  accordingly  entered  the  office  of  the 
late  Hon.  Lansing  Stout,  and  had  the  gratification  of  being  admit- 
ted to  the  bar  in  1869.  He  was  appointed  Register  in  Bankruptcy  by  the 
District  Court  of  the  United  States  for  the  District  of  Oregon  in  1871, 
and  in  1872  received  the  nomination  from  the  Reijublican  party  for  the 
office  of  District  Attorney  of  the  Fourth  Judicial  District,  to  which 
position  he  was  elected  by  a  large  majority,  defeating  Hon.  C.  B.  Bellinger. 


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the  Democratic  candidate.  Since  his  retirement  from  that  office  Mr. 
Durham  has  been  engaged  in  the  prosaic  duties  of  a  practitioner  of  the  law, 
and  is  at  present  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Williams,  Hill,  Durham,  Thomp- 
son &  Mays.  He  takes  a  lively  interest  in  the  workings  of  his  party  and 
is  recognized  as  a  good  political  manager. 


P.  B.  SINNOTT. 
This  gentleman,  who  has  acquired  a  favorable  reputation  throughout  the 
State  by  reason  of  his  long-continued  connection  with  the  Grand  Ronde 
Indian  Reservation,  in  Yamhill  county,  was  born  in  Wexford,  Ireland,  June 
1  1829,  and  came  to  America  in  1848.  He  followed  railroading  for  several 
years  in  the  Eastern  States  and  came  to  California  in  1852,  and  there  en- 
gaged in  mining,  which  occupation  he  followed  for  a  period  of  ten  years. 
He  came  to  Oregon  in  1862  and  engaged  in  keeping  hotel  until  April,  1872, 
when  he  received  the  appointment  as  United  States  Indian  Agent  on  the 
Grand  Ronde  Reservation,  which  important  and  responsible  position  he  has 
held  continuously  up  to  the  present  time.  As  a  piiblic  officer  Mr.  Sinnott 
has  proved  eminently  successful.  Hi&  accounts  with  the  government  have 
been  accurately  kept  and  he  has  experienced  but  very  little,  difficulty  in 
making  his  settlements.  He  is  capable,  honest  and  efficient,  and  liis  suc- 
cessful management  of  the  affairs  at  the  agency  has  elicited  much  praise  at 
the  hands  of  the  department  at  Washington  City.  His  influence  over  the 
Indians  is  almost  marvelous,  and  under  his  management  very  many  of  them 
have  made  rapid  and  permanent  progress  in  the  line  of  civilization.  Mr. 
Sinnott  is  a  married  man,  an  uncompromising  Republican,  and  is  highly 
esteemed  by  those  who  know  him  most  intimately. 


JAMES    M'CAIN 

Is  an  attorney  at  law  at  Lafayette,  Yamhill  county,  and  is  a  gentleman  of 
tine  attainments.  He  is  of  a  quiet  disposition,  possessing  an  accurate  knowl- 
edge of  the  law  and  a  large  amount  of  self-reliance,  having  a  splendid  legal 
mind.  He  has  always  stood  deservedly  high  as  a  criminal  lawyer,  and  has 
been  counsel  in  some  of  the  most  important  trials  in  the  State.  Although 
he  has  for  years  made  criminal  law  a  specialty,  he  is  yet  regarded  as  a  for- 
midable adversary  in  any  lawsuit.  As  an  advocate  he  adheres  to  a  clear 
and  concise  discussion  of  the  law  principles  and  facts  strictly  within  the 
record  of  the  case,  and  rarely,  if  ever,  embellishes  or  adorns  his  argument 
by  figures  of  speech  or  illustrations  foreign  to  the  subject.  He  comes  as 
near  sticking  closely  to  his  text  in  the  argument  of  his  case  as  the  old  Bap- 
tist preacher  did  to  his  when  he  preached  from  the  well-known  text,  "And 
he  played  on  a  harp  of  a  thousand  strings."  We  do  not  mean  by  this  that 
he  has- any  other  characteristic  of  the  Baptist  preacher  except  that  of  stick- 
ing to  his  text.  Mr.  McCain  was  born  in  Carrol  county,  Indiana,  March  30, 
1842,  and  with  his  parents  removed  to  Oregon  in  1851,  living  with  them  on 
a  farm  in  Polk  county  till  1866,  meantime  attending  district  school.  In 
1867  he  began  the  study  of  law  with  P.  C.  Sullivan,  of  Dallas,  and  was  ad- 


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mitted  to  practice  in  tlie  Supreme  Court  in  O.-toher,  isns.  After  IiIh  nd- 
mission  he  practiced  law  in  Dallas,  and  in  the  same  year  was  married  to 
Miss  Electa  C.  Sullivan,  eldest  daughter  of  the  gentlemaji  witli  whom  he 
studied  law,  and  he  has  now  three  children.  June,  1S71,  lie  rem.jved  to 
Lafayette,  Yamhill  county,  where  he  has  since  resided.  In  politic*  he  is  a 
Republican. 


W.    W.    GIBBS. 

This  gentleman  is  a  son  of  ex-Governor  Gibbs,  and  was  assistant  clerk  of 
the  Senate.  He  is  a  genial,  whole-souled  fellow,  tall,  stout  and  extremely 
good-looking,  fond  of  a  joke,  but  never  carrying  it  too  far.  In  his  youth 
he  received  the  benefits  of  a  good  education,  ha\nng  graduated  from  the 
Portland  Academy,  and  his  teachers  have  said  that  his  progress  in  that  in- 
stitution was  not  because  of  close  application  to  his  books,  but  rather  to 
his  natural  ability.  After  completing  his  education  Will  lived  tlie  life  of 
the  Jolly  farmer  boy  for  about  five  years,  and  then  was  called  to  Portland 
to  accept  a  position  in  the  county  clerk's  office,  where  he  remained  two 
years.  During  all  this  time  he  had  studied  law  oflf  and  on,  and  waH  finally 
admitted  to  practice  in  the  Supreme  Court  October,  1882.  Mr.  Gibbs,  al- 
though unmarried,  is  not  averse  to  the  ringing  of  the  marriage  liell,  and  we 
advise  him  to  have  a  care  when  leap  year  dotli  come  round,  for  he  may  im- 
suspectingly  be  entrapped  by  some  fair  young  lady. 


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HON.  W.  S.  NEWBURY 
A  member  of  the  legal  profession  and  a  citizen  of  Portland  who  stands  high 
among  his  fellow  men,  was  born  in  Ripley,  New  York,  September-  1!>,  ls;54. 
He  received  the  benefit  of  a  common  school  education  only,  l)ut  made  tlie 
most  of  that.  In  1850  he  went  to  Chicago,  where  he  engaged  in 
the  occupation  of  salesman.  He  returned  home  in  1853,  and  in  the  fall  of 
1854  he  went  to  Fox  Lake,  Wisconsin,  where  he  commenced  the  study  of 
law.  In  1856  and  1857,  at  Madison,  the  capital  of  Wisconsin,  took  a  regular 
course  of  study  in  book-keeping,  penmanship  and  commercial  law,  and  af- 
terwards held  several  important  positions  as  principal  book-keeper  ;ind  ac- 
countant. In  the  fall  of  1857  he  took  a  trip  for  his  health,  vi.siting  St. 
Louis,  New  Orleans,  Havana  and  Cuba  and  New  York  City,  and  returned 
west  via  Chicago  and  Madison  to  St.  Paul,  Minn.,  in  February,  IK.'X,  and 
in  the  fall  or  winter  of  1858  took  entire  charge  at  Sioux  City,  Iowa,  of  the 
business  of  the  Little  American  Fur  Company,  of  St.  Louis,  then  having 
trading  posts  along  the  Missouri  and  Yellowstone  rivers  and  their  trilm- 
taries  for  a  distance  of  3,000  miles.  He  remained  with  this  company  about 
a  year,  and  after  \dsiting  St.  Louis,  he  went  to  lola,  Kansas,  in  IKCu,  and 
was  elected  Mayor  of  that  city  in  1870.  Having  meanwhile  studieil  law,  he 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  m  1865,  and  at  once  commenced  tlie  practice  of  his 
profession.  He  served  as  an  officer  in  the  United  States  Volunteers  nearly 
three  years,  about  one  year  of  which  time  he  was  stationed  at  Fort  Ijcaven- 
worth  and  about  fifteen  months  he  served  with  the  Army  of  the  (Jnraber- 
land,  in  both  the  Twentieth  and  afterwards  the  Fourth  army  corps.     He 


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wiiH  AHsistaut  Provost  Marshal  General  of  the  State  from  June,  1864,  until  his 
election  iis  Assistant  Secretary  of  the  State  Senate  in  January,  1865.  He  came 
to  Sau  Francisco  in  June,  1870,  and  to  Portland,  Oregon,  the  same  year,  and 
in  1H71  settled  at  Albany,  Orej^on,  where  he  was  engaged  in  the  wheat  and 
agricultural  implej:ent  business  until  March,  1874,  when  he  removed  to 
Portland,  where  he  has  since  resided.  He  was  elected  Mayor  of  Portland 
in  i877,  and  be  it  said,  to  tlie  credit  of  his  administrati{m  ot  the  city  affairs, 
that  no  complaints  were  made  of  injudicious  management  or  extravagant 
practices.  From  1876  to  Februaiy,  1880,  Mr.  Newbury  was  engaged  very 
extensively  in  the  sale  of  agricultural  implements,  and  was  the  head  of  the 
house  of  Newbury,  Hawthorne  &  Co.  for  several  years.  Since  the  latter 
date  he  has  been  engaged  in  the  practice  of  law,  under  the  firm  name  of 
Newbury  <fe  Grant.  He  has  gained  some  prominence  in  the  T.  O.  O.  F., 
having  attended  the  Sovereign  Grand  Lodge  at  Baltimore,  Md.,  in  1879,  as 
Grand  Representative  from  this  State,  duly  elected  by  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
Oregon.  He  was  married  at  Middleton,  Wisconsin,  October  11,  1860,  to 
Miss  Alziua  Taylor.  He  is  of  medium  height,  lias  black  hair  and  pleasant 
features  and  a  bright  eye.  He  is  honored  and  respected  by  all  who  know 
him,  and  although  of  a  retiring  disposition,  is  none  the  less  popular  with 
the  [)uiilic.  He  takes  an  active  interest  in  politics  and  is  a  pronounced  Re- 
publican. 

BUSHROD    WASHINGTON    WILSON 

"Was  born  in  Columbia,  Washington  county,  Maine,  July  18, 1824.  At  three 
years  of  age  he  was  sent  to  school  and  kept  there  continuously  until  he  was 
twelve  years  old,  when  his  father,  who  in  the  meantime  had  removed  to 
New  Jersey  and  from  thence  to  New  York  City,  made  arrangements  to  send 
him  to  a  preparatory  school  to  fit  him  for  Yale  College.  The  idea  was  dis- 
tasteful to  "Bush,"  and  when  the  day  arrived  for  him  to  commence  his  pre- 
paratory life  he  turne<l  up  missing.  After  some  considerable  search  his 
fatlier  found  him  employed  in  the  office  of  the  New  Brighton  Association  in 
Wall  street,  New  York,  an  institution  of  which  Mr.  Cornelius  Vanderbilt 
was  President.  After  quitting  this  place  he  went  to  work  in  printing  offices, 
among  which  were  the  "New  Yorker,"  "Courier  and  Inquirer,"  "Brother 
Jonathan,"  etc.  Horace  Greeley,  then  editor  of  the  "  New  Yorker,"  was  a 
good  friend  to  the  boy  and  gave  him  much  instruction  that  has  since  proved 
of  great  benefit  to  him.  His  mother  died  in  1840,  when  his  father  removed 
to  Illinois,  taking  his  son  with  him,  where  he  married  again.  "Bush's" 
stepmother  was  a  good  woman,  hut  her  ways  were  not  the  young  man's 
style,  HO,  with  the  consent  of  his  father,  he  "  struck  out."  With  forty-three 
cents  he  started  and  worked  his  way  from  St.  Charles,  Illinois,  to  New 
York,  arriving  at  the  latter  place  with  a  few  dollars  earned  en  route.  Here 
heshippedfor  a  whaling  voyage  and  went  around  the  world,  stopping  at 
various  ports.  His  life  was  a  wandering  one  for  the  next  few  years,  includ- 
ing eight  years  at  sea.  Tired  of  a  nomadic  hfe,  he  arrived  in  Oregon  in 
18.50,  and  has  been  a  resident  of  the  State  ever  since.  He  came  by  the  way 
of  Cape  Horn  and  California,  and  landed  at  the  mouth  of  the  Umpqua 


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river,  footed  it  across  the  country,  swimming  all  the  rivers  and  BlounhH  ou 
the  way  to  Marysville,  now  Cjrvallis.  Came  to  the  State  a  Free  Soil  Wliijf 
and  an  earnest  supporter  of  common  schools.  Helped  to  organize  and  haa 
been  ever  since  a  consistent  and  energetic  worker  in  the  R<>puhlioan  party. 
He  has  filled  many  offices  of  trust  and  honor,  notal)ly  that  of  (\)iinty  Clerk 
of  Benton  county,  to  which  office  he  was  elected  in  18(;4,  and  continuously 
re-elected  to  the  present  time.  His  present  term  will  make  tweuty  years  o  f 
active  service  in  the  same  position.  While  attendiiig  to  tlie  dutit^s  of  his 
office  he  has  given  much  time  and  attention  to  advancing  the  interests  o  f 
the  State  at  large  as  well  as  the  local  interests  of  the  county  in  which  he 
resides,  particularly  the  improvement  of  Yaquina  harbor  and  the  railroad 
connection  therewith.  He  was  the  first  President  of  the  Willamette  Valley 
and  Coast  Railroad  Company,  and  gave  many  years'  time  and  much  money 
to  that  enterprise,  now  so  near  completion.  Mr.  Wilson  is  a  clear  type  of 
the  sturdy  pioneer  of  Oregon,  and  in  the  annals  of  the  State  the  future  his- 
torian will  often  refer  to  his  name  and  deeds  in  recording  its  early  hist  )ry . 


COL.    W.    W.     CHAPMAN 

Was  born  at  Clarksburg,  Va.,  August  8,  18l)8,  and  now  resides  at  Portland, 
Oregon.  His  father,  who  was  a  millwright,  and  of  the  Pennsylvania  Dutch 
Quaker  cast  of  people,  died  in  1821,  leaving  a  family  of  three  sons,  John  B., 
Warner  W.  and  Wm.  W.,  who  was  then  thirteen  years  of  age.  Tliose  who  have 
known  either  of  the  three  men  will  readily  recognize  the  marked  family 
characteristic  of  all  for  energy  and  integrity.  Having  been  admitted  to  the 
bar  as  an  attorney-at-law,  the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  married  in  1882  to 
Margaret  Fee,  eighth  child  and  fourth  daughter  of  Col.  Arthur  Inghram 
who  had  several  times  sat  in  the  House  of  Delegates  of  the  Virginia  Legis- 
lature. Mrs.  Chapman  is  still  living  and  enjoys  good  health.  Soon  after 
his  marriage  Colonel  Chapman  moved  westward,  first  to  Ohio,  then  to  Illi- 
nois and  then  to  Burlington,  in  Iowa  Territory.  He  was  TJ.  S.  Attorney 
under  President  Jackson,  for  Wisconsin,  when  it  comprised  Iowa  and  Illi- 
nois. He  was  the  first  Territorial  Delegate  in  Congress  from  Iow;i.  He  was 
also  a  member  of  the  Constitutional  Convention  of  Iowa,  under  which  she 
was  admitted  into  the  Union.  By  his  efibrts  the  judiciary  wius  made  elective, 
which  was  the  second,  if  not  the  first,  State  of  the  Union  which  adopted  that 
mode.  He  was  several  times  a  member  of  the  Iowa  Legislature.  When  a 
delegate  to  Congress  he  sat  at  a  desk  with  the  noted  Tom  Corwin  ;  and  he 
caused  the  appointment  to  West  Point  of  a  young  man  named  (Gardner, 
who  afterwards  took  an  active  part  as  a  general  in  the  Confederate  army. 
He  was  a  schoolmate  with  Stonewall  Jackson,  the  great  Soutliern  leader; 
and  also  of  the  late  Daniel  Waldo,  of  "Waldo  hills,"  in  Marion  county  in  that 
State.  In  1847  Col.  Chapman  and  family  immigrated  to  Oregon,  where  he  has 
since  resided.  Early  in  1849,  while  in  California  in  quest  «)r  gold,  he  met 
General  Joseph  Lane,  who  was  on  his  way,  as  (xovernor,  to  organize  the  new 
Territorial  Government  of  Oregon.  He,  with  about  one  hundred  other  Or- 
egonians  who  had  spent  the  winter  in  the  California  mountainn  hunting 
gold,  returned   with   General  Lane   to  Oregon,  iu    the   old  bark  Jeanette. 


134  REPRESENTATIVE    MEN    OF    OREGON. 


Col.  Chapman  has  been  several  times  a  member  of  the  Legislature  of  Ore- 
gon, in  the  days  of  the  Provisional  Government,  under  the  Territorial  Gov- 
ernment, and  since.  He  was  United  States  Surveyor-General  from  1859  to 
1861.  In  1855  6  he  took  an  active  part  in  the  Indian  wars  of  Southern  Ore- 
gon ;  he,  as  lieutenant-colonel,  and  James  Bruce,  of  Washington  county,  as 
major,  having  command  of  the  southern  battalion  in  the  spring  campaign 
of  1856,  when  the  war  was  closed  up.  He  was  strongly  recommended  for 
the  position  of  United  States  District  Judge,  when  Oregon  was  ad- 
mitted as  a  State,  having  the  recommendation  of  nine-tenths  of  the  Demo- 
cratic members  of  the  Legislature ;  but  there  were  "  methods"  in  those 
days  in  regard  to  the  Federal  appointments  that  were  no  less  mysterious 
than  those  of  the  present  times.  lu  the  latter  part  of  the  fall  of  1849  CoL 
Chapman  purchased  a  one-third  interest  in  the  Portland  laud  claim  and 
town  site,  and  moved  to  the  place  on  the  first  day  of  January,  1850.  Early 
in  that  year,  Portland  proper,  extending  from  A  street  on  the  north  to  near 
Lincoln  street  on  the  south,  and  westward  from  the  Willamette  river 
to  Twelfth  street  was  laid  ofl  in  lots  and  blocks  as  it  has  since  been 
built  up  with  fine  and  comely  structures.  In  January,  1850,  Portland  may 
be  said  to  have  had  its  whole  existence  before  it  for  a  future.  The  build- 
ings in  the  town  then  amounted  to  no  more,  if  as  much,  as  those  in 
the  town  of  Albina  did  in  the  fall  of  1881.  There  were  no  roads 
from  Portland  that  led  anywhere,  except  a  sort  of  trail  that  passed 
over  the  point  back  of  Amos  N.  Kings,  near  Mr.  Hodge's  new  residence.  All 
back  of  Second  street  was  filled  up  with  logs,  stumps  and  trees,  and  the 
sad,  dreary  aspect  of  the  first  pretensions  of  a  town  was  striking  in  a  very 
high  degree,  at  that  time,  for  Portland.  The  three  partners  in  the  town, 
early  in  1850,  divided  their  town  amongst  themselves  by  blocks  and  lots,  and 
as  a  consequence  the  "omnibus"  deeds  were  executed  amongst  themselves 
that  lawyers  here  know  so  much  about.  This  division,  when  the  Oregon 
donation  law  was  subsequently  passed,  was  found  to  be  exceedingly  imprac- 
ticable. Much  discontent  arose  among  the  people  who  had  settled  in  the 
town  and  bought  lots  here,  for  it  began  to  seem  that  the  town  proprietors 
would  be  unable  to  get  title  from  the  general  government,  and  so  could  con- 
vey none  to  their  grantees.  The  alarm  became  imminent  amongst  those 
who  had  lots  bought  here,  some  honestly  supposing  that  the  town  proprie- 
tors could  not  be  able  to  get  any  title,  and  others,  while  there  was  very 
little  ground  for  alarm  took  a  deep  interest  to  stir  up  the  alarm  and  to  mag- 
nify the  danger,  and  endeavored  to  induce  discord  amongst  the  proprietors 
themselves.  Ultimately  the  instrument  was  executed  amongst  the  proprie- 
tors known  as  the  "Escrow,"  which  was  subsequently  upheld  by  Judge  L. 
D.  Sawyer,  of  California,  U.  S.  Circuit  Judge,  as  a  valid  instrument,  and  the 
decision  was  sustained  by  the  U.  S.  Supreme  Court.  By  the  terms  of  this 
mstrument  [escrow]  the  proprietors  re-divided  the  town,  each  taking  a 
designated  tract  to  himself,  and  upon  which  he  became  a  settler  under  the 
donation  law  of  Congress.  By  the  escrow,  each  proprietor  covenanted,  when 
he  should  obtain  title  from  the  general  government  to  fulfill  each  previous" 
contract  of  any  of  the  proprietors  in  regard  to  anv  lots  in  the  parts  so  set  off 


REPRESENTATIVE    MEN    OF    OREGON.  136 


to  him.  Some  objections  have  been  made  to  the  instrument  of  March  12, 
1852,  (known  as  the  escrow)  but  since  the  decision  by  Judjje  Sawyer  iu 
Lamb  vs.  Davenport,  no  doubt  has  been  entertained  of  its  correctness  in 
principle  and  its  accuracy  in  detail  and  as  being  well-suited  to  the  reiiuire- 
ment  of  the  occasion.  In  one  or  two  instances  courts  have  pretended  to  tlis- 
criminate  of  cases  that  did  not  fall  within  its  provisions;  but  there  is  no  oue 
who  openly  adopts  the  authorship  of  such  discrimination,  and  the  decision 
was  manifestly  unjust.  The  covenants  of  the  "omnibus  deeds"  were  also 
well-suited  to  the  circumstances  and  situation  of  titles  at  the  time.  In  the 
formation  of  all  of  these  instruments  Ool.  Chapman  always  took  a  promi- 
nent part,  and  his  conduct  has  been  fully  sustained  by  the  lapse  of  time  and 
the  decisions  of  the  highest  courts,  and  by  almost  all  of  the  courts.  Col. 
Chapman  has  always  been  a  man  of  very  great  energy.  Where  he  has  failed 
in  his  enterprises,  others  have  reaped  the  benefit  of  fortunes  as  the  re- 
sult of  his  pioneering.  In  order  to  place  Portland  ahead  of  its  rivals  as  the 
town  of  Oregon,  he  and  others  entered  upon  the  enterprise  of  purc'iasing 
the  Gold  Hunter  steamship,  to  ply  between  San  Francisco  and  Portland  ; 
but  being  all  unacquainted  with  nautical  affairs  the  result  was  that  it  "bust- 
ed" them,  but  it  made  Portland.  Conceiving  the  idea  of  a  railroad  between 
Salt  Lake  and  Portland  as  a  proper  counter-plot  to  the  Northern  Pa- 
cific programme,  as  it  was  developed  in  1873,  when  the  company  failed, 
which  was  to  ignore  Portland  and  adopt  Puget  Sound  entirely  as  a  tertniu- 
us.  Col.  Chapman  spent  much  time  and  money  in  favor  of  the  adoption  of 
the  Salt  Lake  (Short  Line)  route  and  the  building  of  the  railroad  ui.-  )n  the 
south  side  of  the  Columbia  river.  These  problems  were  discusspd  at  the 
East  by  his  espousal  of  the  one,  so  that  when  railroad  building  was  com- 
menced, the  south  side  of  the  Columbia  river  was  adopted,  as  a  matter  of 
course,  for  the  line  of  the  railroad.  Others  have  reaped  the  benefit  of  this 
work,  although  but  for  his  eflbrts  it  would  have  been  otherwise.  As  a  poli- 
tician. Col.  Chapman  is  a  Democrat ;  but  was  always  anti-slavery  in  his 
views,  having  voted  against  slavery  in  Oregon  at  the  adoption  of  the  consti- 
tiou.  No  man,  probably,  ever  was  so  inherently  opposed  to  trickery,  machin- 
ations and  frauds  in  politics  as  he.  Having  taken  his  political  lessons  from 
the  age  and  teachings  of  such  leaders  as  Webster,  Adams,  Clay,  Marshall 
and  Jefferson,  he  has  throughout  his  life  deprecated  and  refused  to  adopt 
what  are  termed  the  common  feats  of  legerdemain  in  politics,  always  be- 
lieving that  what  could  not  be  done  openly  to  inspection  was  unworthy. 
But  such  is  the  difference  between  forty  and  fifty  years  ago  and  now.  Col. 
Chapman  is  as  a  connecting  link  with  a  past  age  of  American  manners  and 
customs,  from  which  the  present  is  far  more  diiferent  than  can  be  readily 
believed. 


J.    M,    BOWER 

Was  born  in  Salem,  Clarion  county,  Penu.,  in  the  year  18.52,  and  in  the  his- 
toric and  influential  Keystone  State  received  his  elementary  lustructions  in 
the  English  language.  At  the  age  of  fifteen  he  "went  to  seek  his  fortune," 
and  landed  at  Des  Moines,  Iowa,  where  he  learned  the  mysteries  of  the  art 


136  EEPRESENTATIVE  ,  MEN    OF    OREGON. 


preservative,  and  gained  the  reputation  of  being  a  first-class  compositor. 
He  then  struck  out  for  Oregon  in  1870  and  spent  two  years  working  at  his 
trade.  Becoming  anxious  to  see  "  the  old  folks  at  home,"  Mr.  Bower  start- 
ed Edst  and  remained  away  from  Oregon  two  years,  returning  to  his  chosen 
State  m  1874.  He  settled  down  in  Portland  and  turned  his  attention  to  the 
study  of^law,  and  after  three  years  studious  attention  to  his  new  vocation 
was  admitted  to  the  Supreme  Court  in  1879.  Mr.  Bower  is  associated  with 
Mr.  McDougall  at  the  present  time.  He  is  a  young  man  of  neat  address, 
logical  in  his  arguments,  and  quick  in  discerning  every  item  that  points  fa- 
vorably towards  benefiting  a  client,  and  we  predict  for  him  a  brilliant  fu- 
ture. 


DAN  HOLTON, 
The  genial  boniface  who  presides  over  the  destinies  of  the  well-known 
Holton  House  in  Portland,  though  not  claiming  to  be  one  of  our  "oldest 
inhabitants,"  is  sufficiently  acclimated  to  bear  the  honor  of  being  a  thor- 
ough "  Webfoot,"  having  spent  the  last  sixteen  years  of  his  life  in  the  grow- 
ing metropolis  of  Oregon.  Dan  is  one  of  those  modest  men  who,  though 
always  alive  to  a  joke,  jollification  and  to  business,  seeks  no  notoriety  out- 
side of  the  favorite  resort  that  is  always  enlivened  by  his  countenance;  and 
as  his  pleasant  temperament  and  popularity  merit  for  him  a  position  in 
these  annals,  we  called  upon  him  for  the  requisite  data  with  which  to  adorn 
these  pages.  With  that  candor  for  which  Dan  is  noted,  he  informed  us 
that  he  could  not  boast  of  valorous  deeds,  rank  or  title;  that  he  was  born 
and  reared  in  the  accustomed,  ordinary  way,  and  came  to  Oregon  in  1866, 
in  order  to  jog  along  socially  with  the  rest  of  mankind,  without  any  view  of 
meriting  or  claiming  any  distinction.  This  much  we  did  glean  from  him, 
that  his  first  insight  into  hotel  life  was  obtained  from  Mike  O'Connor,  well 
known  to  all  pioneers  as  the  proprietor  of  the  old  What  Cheer  House,  on 
Front  and  Morrison  streets.  After  several  years'  experience  Dan  took 
charge  of  the  Cosmopolitan  Hotel,  and  afterwards  established  the  Holton 
House,  on  Front  street,  near  Oak.  Three  years  ago  he  secured  the  present 
site  for  the  Holton  House,  southeast  corner  of  First  and  Alder,  and  under 
his  liberal  and  genial  management  it  has  become  the  most  popular  resort 
in  the  State  for  business  and  professional  men,  and  is  justly  classed  as  the 
commercial  house  of  Portland,  as  can  readily  be  judged  from  the  numerous 
business  men  who  can  be  found  congregated  in  his  comfortable  rooms  at  all 
hours,  day  or  night.  Rush  of  business  and  the  geniality  of  the  companions 
with  whom  Dan  has  been  thrown  in  contact  have  combined  to  keep  him  in 
the  ranks  of  merry  and  mellow  bachelorship;  but  now,  whilst  he  is  still  in 
the  full  vigor  of  manhood,  as  the  gray  hairs  are  beginning  to  warn  him  that 
he  is  approaching  the  "  sere  and  yellow  leaf"  of  life,  his  friends  think  that 
he  should  make  some  effort  to  perpetuate  his  name  and  fame  for  the  benefit 
of  futurity. 

COL.    SAL.    RIPINSKY. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch,  although  still  a  young  man,  has  already  given 
signs  of  rare  ability  as  an  artist,  scholar  and  linguist,  and  at  no  distant  day  we 


REPRESENTATIVE    MEN    OF    OREGON.  137 


may  expect  to  see  him  in  the  front  ranks  of  polite,  intelli^'ent  society.  Col. 
Ripinsky  was  born  July  15,  1856,  in  Rypin,  Poland,  one  mile  from  StruH- 
bourg,  Western  Prussia.  He  received  a  good  European  education  and  stud- 
ied in  some  of  the  best  military  schools  of  Europe.  Here  he  acquired  a  thor- 
ough knowledge  of  draughting  and  considerable  skill  in  sketching,  drawing 
and  painting.  Indeed,  so  skillful  was  he  in  sketching  that  it  was  the  moans 
of  his  receiving  a  handsome  souvenier  from  the  Governor  of  tlie  Province  in 
which  the  academy  he  was  attending,  was  located,  he  having  sketcljed  his 
highness  and  staff  while  they  were  examining  some  of  the  higher  classes 
during  an  official  visit.  After  visiting  many  of  the  principal  cities  of  Eu- 
rope, Ml'.  Ripinsky  came  to  New  York  in  1872  and  made  a  partial  tour  of 
the  Eastern  States.  Being  particularly  pleased  with  the  "Sunny  South,"  he 
located  at  Shreveport,  Louisian,  where  he  engaged  in  merchandising.  Here 
he  remained  until  that  dreadful  scourge,  "  Yellow  Jack,"  swept  that  fair 
land.  After  having  and  surviviug  an  attack  of  the  disease  he  came  to  Cali- 
fornia and  opened  a  studio  at  Sacramento,  where  he  painted  several  fine  oil 
paintings,  one  of  which,  "  The  battle  of  Chevy  Cliase,"  sold  for  a  very  high 
price.  Mr.  R  came  to  Oregon,  locating  in  Salem  in  1878,  where  he  has  since 
spent  most  of  his  time  in  various  positions  until  recently,  when  he  opened 
a  fine  grocery  establishment  upon  his  own  account  and  is,  by  close  atteutiou, 
fair  dealing  and  pleasant  manners,  building  up  a  large  trade.  Mr.  Ripinsky, 
in  1878,  received  from  the  State  Fair  Association  and  Mechanics'  Fair  at 
Portland  the  first  prizes  for  an  emblamatic  Masonic  chart.  In  1879  he  ex- 
hibited, and  afterwards  presented  Oiive  Lodge  No.  18,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  of  which 
he  is  a  member,  an  artistic  chart  of  the  emblems  of  that  order.  During  the 
administration  of  Governor  W.  W.  Thayer  he  was  honored  with  an  appoint- 
ment on  his  excellency's  staff  as  aide-de-camp  with  the  rank  of  lieutenant- 
colonel.  Salem  Lodge  No.  4,  A.  O.  U.  W.,  recently  presented  the  colonel  as 
Past  Master  a  handsome  gold  medal  for  valuable  services  to  the  order,  which 
he  wears  with  commendable  pride.  He  speaks  fluently  five  dillerent  lan- 
guages. In  appearance  Col.  Ripinsky  is  petite  in  size,  finely-formed,  ex- 
pressive countenance,  active  and  vigorous  in  his  style,  and  is  really  a  fine- 
looking  man,  without  the  least  trace  of  effeminacy  in  his  make-up. 

DR.    T.    F.    SMITH 

Is  one  of  the  most  successful  physicians  and  surgeons  m  the  Willamette 
valley,  and  now  an  honored  citizen  of  Independence.  He  is  one  of  those 
happy,  good-natured  men  that  we  occasionally  find  in  the  professional 
ranks,  and  who,  when  we  meet  them,  infuse  new  vim  and  vigor  into  one's 
self  bv  some  mysterious  magnetic  power,  not  visible,  but  none  the  less  ef- 
fective. He  was  born  at  Smithfield,  Peoria  county,  Ilhnois,  August  7, 184/, 
and  with  his  parents  came  to  this  coast  at  an  early  age.  He  enlisted  m 
Companv  F,  First  Oregon  Infantry  in  18(54,  and  served  until  ^m\,  during 
which  time  he  was  in  several  engagements  with  the  Indians,  being  wounded 
in  the  tight  of  September  19,  1866,  in  Harney  Lake  valley.  For  Ins  gal- 
lantry in  that  engagement  he  received  special  mention.  On  being  mustered 
out  of  service  in  1866,  he  was  appointed  Assessor  and  Tax  Collector  for  Ada 


138  REPRESENTATIVE    MEN    OF    OREGON. 


county,  I.  T.  He  shortly  afterwards  came  down  to  the  Warm  Springs  In- 
dian agency,  where  he  remained  until  1869,  when  he  went  East  and  com- 
menced the  study  of  medicine,  graduating  with  high  honors  from  the  Col- 
lege of  Physicians  and  Surgeons  at  Keokuk,  Iowa,  June  16,  1874.  He  at 
once  returned  to  this  coast  and  opened  an  office  at  Vancouver,  W.  T.,  where 
he  soon  built  up  a  large  practice.  His  health  failing,  he  accepted  an  ap- 
pointment as  Lieutenant  and  Surgeon  in  the  United  States  Army,  and  was 
stationed  at  Fort  Sitka,  Alaska,  which  position  he  resigned  in  1876,  when  he 
resumed  active  practice  at  Dallas,  in  Polk  county.  In  November,  1880,  he 
was  severely  injured  by  his  horse  stumbling  and  fallin'g  on  him,  the  Doctor 
having  his  leg  broken  and  sustaining  other  injuries.  The  accident  was  the 
means  of  laying  him  up  for  some  time,  and  on  his  recovery  he  moved  to 
Independence,  where  he  still  resides,  and  where  he  has  already  gained  an 
extensive  practice,  which,  as  he  becon?es  better  acquainted,  is  rapidly  in- 
creasing. During  his  practice  he  has  performed  many  of  the  most  difficult 
operations  in  surgery,  including  excision  of  the  lower  jaw,  lip,  upper  jaw, 
tumors,  cancers  and  numerous  very  difficult  amputations,  all  of  which 
have  proved  successful.  Socially  speaking,  the  Doctor  is  one  of  the  most 
genial  men  we  have  ever  met,  and  as  a  physician  and  citizen  be  stands  high 
in  the  community  where  he  resides.  He  is  a  staunch  Republican  and  takes 
an  active  interest  in  politics.  He  was  married  March  10,  1870,  to  Miss  M. 
E.  Smith,  of  Washington  county,  Iowa,  and  they  have  one  boy.  The  Doc- 
tor is  at  present  Post  Surgeon  of  McPherson  Post,  No.  3,  G.  A.  R.,  which  is 
the  only  fraternal  organization  of  which  he  is  a  member. 


FRANK  PIERCE  MAYS 
Is  another  one  of  our  representative  men  who  was  born  and  raised  in  Ore- 
gon, and  possesses  that  energy  and  vim  characteristic  of  the  native  Orego- 
nian.  He  was  born  in  Lane  county  on  the  12th  day  of  May,  1855.  In  1858 
his  parents  moved  to  Wasco  county,  where  he  has  resided  ever  since.  He 
was  reared  on  a  farm  and  atten-led  the  country  schools.  He  went  to  Salem 
in  1872  and  commenced  a  course  of  study  in  the  Willamette  University,  and 
graduated  in  the  year  of  our  centennial,  one  of  the  class  of  '76.  He  early 
evinced  a  warm  admiration  for  the  legal  profession,  and  resolved  on  reading 
law.  He  found  a  competent  tutor,  a  good  adviser  and  a  warm  friend  in 
Hon.  W.  Lair  Hill,  a  le;iding  and  influential  member  of  the  profession,  and 
in  1877  entered  his  office  at  The  Dalles  as  a  student.  He  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  in  January,  1880,  and  in  the  March  following  was  admitted  to  part- 
nership with  his  tutor.  In  1881  the  firm  merged  into  the  now  prominent 
firm  of  Williams,  Hill,  Durham,  Thompson  &  Mays,  of  Portland  and  The 
Dalles.  Mr.  Mays  is  a  young  man  of  far  more  than  ordinary  talent,  and  is 
applying  himself  closely  to  the  profession  of  which  he  is  destined  to  become, 
at  no  late  day,  an  honored  and  prominent  member.  He  is  unmarried,  of 
"shght  build,  has  a  youthful  though  earnest  expression  of  countenance— an 
expression  which  is  proved  in  his  conduct  of  professional  business  to  be  a 
true  index  of  his  character.  He  is  Republican  in  politics,  and  adheres 
closely  to  the  principles  of  the  party.     His  future,  through  his  own  personal 


EEPRESENTATIVE    MEN    OF    OREGON.  i:V.t 


efforts,  promises  to  be  a  brilliant  one,  and  a  host  of  warm  [xMsonal  friendH 
wish  him  abundant  success. 


HON.  GEORGE  A.  STEEL, 
The  present  efficient  and  courteous  Nasby  of  Porthuiil,  is  a  <,'entK'niati  whose 
enterprise,  energy  and  prominence  in  public  life  have  made  his  name  fam- 
iliar from  one  end  of  our  State  to  the  other.  He  has  been  endowed  with 
sufficient  ambition  to  give  him  pride  in  prominence,  and  with  ample  integ- 
rity to  avoid  coalition  with  tlie  dregs  of  i)olitical  life  wliich  so  often  tarnish 
and  ruin  the  reputation  of  less  honorable  men.  Mi-.  Steel  was  born  in  Stafford 
Ohio  in  1846.  He  came  to  Oregon  in  1863,  when  sixteen  years  of  age,  in  com- 
pany with  Captain  J.  D.  Merryman,  now  of  Astoria.  He  was  for  a  short 
time  a  clerk  in  the  Portland  postoifice  under  E.  G.  Randall,  but  shortly  af- 
terwards accepted  the  position  of  Secretary  of  the  old  Oregon  Iron  Works. 
He  was  afterwards  appointed  accountant  in  Ladd  it  Tilton's  bank,  which 
responsible  position  be  held  for  a  period  of  five  years.  In  1870  he  was  elect- 
ed Treasurer  of  Multnomah  county,  and  here  again  he  displayed  his  adapt- 
ability to  the  oft-times  ardutms  duties  of  public  life.  In  1871,  in  partner- 
ship with  J.  K.  Gil],  he  purchased  the  interest  of  Harris  &  Holmati  in  the 
stationery  business,  and  the  new  firm  of  Gill  &  Steel  at  once  found  favor 
with  the  public.  They  subsequently  bought  out  Bancroft  &  Morse,  another 
leading  firm  of  this  city,  and  extended  their  business  interests  accordingly, 
Mr.  F.  A.  Bancroft  entering  the  firm  at  that  time.  Close  attention  to  the 
wants  of  trade  and  fair  dealing  with  the  public  caused  their  business  to  in- 
crease rapidly.  Mr.  Steel  eventually  bougnt  out  his  partners,  and  for  some 
time  conducted  the  business  under  the  firm  name  of  G.  A.  Steel  Sc  Co.  Un- 
fortunate investments  in  real  estate  in  1872  embarrassed  Ijira  financially, 
but  with  the  indomitable  phick  and  perseverance  for  which  he  is  noted, 
he  weathered  the  storm,  and  although  he  lost  heavily  he  liquidated  Ids  debts 
honorably,  paying  dollar  for  dollar,  and  gained  new  friends  by  his  manly 
course  in  so  trying  a  period  of  his  life.  The  reverse  of  fortune  was  a  severe 
one,  but  it  did  not  discourage  Mr.  Steel  by  any  means.  Disposing  of  his 
goods  at  a  great  sacrifice,  he  closed  out  his  business,  enjoying  the  confidence 
and  esteem  of  all  business  men  with  whom  he  had  had  commercial  dealings. 
He  became  an  active  worker  in  politics  in  1876,  was  elected  Chairman  of  the 
Republican  State  Central  Committee  and  his  management  of  the  hotly  con- 
tested campaign  of  that  year  was  indicative  of  marked  executive  al)ility. 
In  January,  1877,  Mr.  Steel  was  appointed  Special  Agent  of  the  Postoflice 
Department  for  the  Northwest  Coast,  and  here,  as  elsewhere,  he  showed  en- 
ergy, enterprise  and  untiring  industry.  He  resigned  the  position  in  1879 
and  was  at  once  appointed  Deputy  Collector  of  Customs  at  Portland,  under 
Hon.  John  Kelly,  where  he  remained  until  September,  1880.  In  March, 
1881,  his  name  was  sent  to  the  Senate  by  President  Garfield  for  the  po- 
sition of  Postmaster  at  Portland.  Vexatious  delays,  occurring,  he  did  not  take 
charge  of  the  office  until  some  time  afterwards,  and  he  has  since  Ijeen  reap- 
pointed by  President  Arthur  for  four  years,  his  appointment  being  uuuui- 
mously  confirmed  by  the  Senate.     His  management  of   the  office  has  l)eeu 


140      •  REPRESENTATIVE    MEN    OF    OREGON. 


highly  satisfactory  both  to  the  postal  department  at  Washington  and  the 
thousands  of  patrons  of  the  office.  The  work  has  been  carefully  revised 
and  systematized  under  his  supervision,  and  its  fast  increasing  business 
is  dispatched  with  celerity  and  accuracy.  Recent  judicious  investments 
have  placed  Mr.  Steel  on  his  feet  once  more  in  a  financial  point  of 
view,  and  being  still  in  the  prime  of  life  his  future  cannot  well  be 
otherwise  than  successful.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Eva  Pope,  of  Oregon 
City,  in  1869.  As  a  man,  he  is  universally  esteemed  ;  as  an  officer,  he  is 
prompt  and  efficient,  and  as  a  friend,  he  will  do  to  tie  to. 

COL.    JOHN    KELSAY. 

There  is,  probably,  no  member  of  the  bar  in  Oregon  more  Avell  and  favor- 
ably known  than  he  whose  name  hei.<is  this  sketch,  and  a  history  of  his 
career,  such  as  it  justly  merits,  would  prove  of  deep  interest  to  our  read- 
ers. Having  been  a  resident  of  Oregon  for  almost  thirty  years,  lie  is  famil- 
iar, by  active  participation,  with  many  of  the  most  stirring  events  of  pioneer 
life  in  this  State.  Space,  however,  permits  the  mention  of  but  the  very 
outlines  of  his  history  at  the  present  time.  Col.  Kelsay  was  born  in  Wayne 
county,  Kentucky,  October  23,  1819,  and  moved  with  his  parents  to  Missou.ri 
in  1829.  He  was  the  recipient  of  only  the  ordinary  common  school  advan- 
tages of  that  early  day,  and  commenced  the  study  of  law  in  1842.  In  1844 
he  was  elected  a  member  of  the  House  of  Representatives  of  that  State.  He 
obtained  license  to  practice  law  at  Jefferson  City,  Missouri,  in  the  summer 
of  1845,  since  which  time  he  has  been  continuously  in  the  practice  of  his 
profession.  He  came  to  Oregon  in  1853  and  settled  in  the  city  of  Corvallis, 
where  he  still  resides.  In  February,  1856,  he  enlisted  as  a  private  soldier 
in  the  Oregon  Volunteers,  and  served  during  the  Indian  war  of  that  year, 
having  been  promoted  first  to  the  Captaincy  of  his  company  and  then  to 
the  command  of  the  Second  Regiment  Oregon  Mounted  Volunteers  as  its 
Colonel,  whicli  position  he  filled  until  the  close  of  tlie  war.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  State  Constitutional  Convention  in  1857  from  Benton  county, 
and  in  1868  was  elected  one  of  the  Justices  of  the  Supreme  Court  to  fill  the 
unexpired  tej-m  of  the  late  Judge  R.  E.  Stratton.  In  whatever  capacity  he 
has  served,  either  in  pubhc  or  private  life,  he  has  ever  retained  the  unquali- 
fied respect  and  esteem  of  all  with  whom  he  came  in  contact,  and,  as  a  man 
of. unblemished  integrity  and  unsullied  character.  Col.  Kelsay  has  no  supe- 
riors. He  is  still  an  active  member  of  the  legal  fraternity  and  enjoys  a  lu- 
crative practice. 


WILLIAM  SARGENT  LADD, 
Senior  partner  of  the  well-known  banking  houses  of  Ladd  &  Tilton,  of  Port- 
laud,  and  Ladd  &  Bush,  of  Salem,  was  born  in  Vermont  in  1827.  During 
his  infancy  his  parents  moved  to  New  Hampshire,  where  at  Tilton  his  father, 
who  was  a  practicing  physician,  secured  a  very  extensive  practice.  The 
subject  of  our  sketch  received  the  advantages  only  of  a  common  school 
education,  although  he  for  a  short  time  attended  the  Nortlifield  Seminary. 
He  was  quick  to  learn,  but  after  all  did  not  particularly  relish  the  routine 


REPRESENTATIVE  MEN  OF  OREGON.        14] 

life  of  a  student,  and  be  soon  abandoned  it.     His  executive,  ratlier  than  liis 
educational,  ability  secured  him  a  position  as  a  teacher  in  a  neiyliborhood 
where  unruly  students  had  theretofore  jendered  the  life  of  the  tcaciuT  i)nr- 
densome.     He  successfully  completed  his  en<rayroinent,  wiiuiiny  tlie  esteem 
and  obedience  of  his  pupils,  ami  then  and  then-  .severed  his  connection  with 
educational  institutions  in  the  capacity  of  a  teacher.     At  tiie  aue  of  twenty 
Mr.  Ladd  turned  his  attention  to  railroading' and  was  employed  as  freiirh't 
and  passenger  agent  of  the  Boston,  Concord  &  Montreal  railroad.     His  in- 
dustry and  careful  attention  to  the  minor  details  t)f  his  position  won  for 
him  the  confidence  and  respect  of  his  employeis,  and  rapid  promotion  was 
guaranteed  him.     The  limits  of  this  line  of  business  were,  however,  too  con- 
tracted for  a  man  of  his  energy,  enterprise  and  ambition,  and  in  1S;J1  Jie  re- 
signed his  position,  and,  in  direct  opposition  to  the  advice  of  parents  and 
employers,  he  started  west  to  seek  fortun'^  and  fame  among  the  then  unde- 
veloped territories  of  the  Pacitic  slope.     Thinking  that  Oregon  offered  su- 
perior advantages  to  men  of  his  calibre,    he,  striking  out  for  Portland 
reached  here  in  the  spring  of  the  same  year.     While  waiting  for  some  em- 
ployment more  congenial  to  his  tastes,  he  labored  in  clearing  certain  newly 
opened  streets  of  trees  and  stumps  in  the  then  small  village  of  perhaps  25() 
inhabitants.     His  business  qualifications  could  not  long  remain  hidden  be- 
neath the  observation  of  practical  business  men,  and   he  shortly  afterwards 
accepted  a  position  as  clerk  and  bookkeeper   for   the   firm  of   Wakeman 
Dimon  &  Co.,  who  had  sent  a  stock  of  goods  out  here  in  charge  of  Mr. 
Goodkin,  a  junior  member  of  the  firm.     This  gentleman  shortly  afterwards 
returned  east,  and  Mr.  Ladd  took  charge  of  their  business,  and,  in  partner- 
ship with  C.  E.  Tilton,  Esq.,  subsequently  purchased  the  interests  of  the 
firm,  which  partnership  existed  until  1854,  when  Mr.  Tilton  withdrew.    Mr. 
Ladd  continued  the  mercantile  business  until  April,  1859,  when  he  sold  it 
to  his  two  brothers  and  Mr.  S.  G.  Reed.     In  April,  1859,  in  partnersliip  with 
C.  E.  Tilton,  Esq.,  his  former  partner,  he  established  the  first  banking  house 
on  the  Northwest  coast.     In  1854  Mr.  Ladd  was  married  to  Miss  Caroline 
A.  Elliott,  an  estimable  lady  of  far  more  than  ordinary  good  sense  and  do- 
mestic qualifications,  and  who,  during  the  succeeding  years,  has  proved  a 
noble  wife  and  mother.     Their  home  in  Portland  is  one  of  the  pleasantest 
in  the  city.     Wealth  and  good  taste  have  united  in  beautifying  its  surround- 
ings, and  their  appreciation  of  the  beautiful  is  evinced  in  their  clioice  selec- 
tions of  statuary,  paintings,  etc.,  and  those  who  are  sufficiently  fortunate  to 
be  classed  among  their  friends,  find  much  within  their  home  to  interest  and 
instruct  them  in  arts  and  sciences  hitherto,  perhaps,   unknown  to  them. 
Such  a  home,  opened  as  it  is,  to  respectable  citizens  of  all  ranks,  cannot  fail 
to  elevate  the  tastes  of  those  around  him,  while  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ladd's  repu- 
tation as  host  and  hostess  insure  a  welcome  to  their  friends  and  those  who 
are  the  friends  of  their  friends.     Mr.  Ladd  is  considered  among  our  most 
substantial  citizens,  and  evidences  of  wealth  surroimd  him  at  his  home. 
His  wealth,  however,  has  not  been  all  lavished  on  his  home  surroundings. 
He  has  always  taken  an  active  interest  in   educational   matters,   having 
served  several  terms  as  Director  in  the  common  schools  of  I'ortland.     He 


142  KEPEESENTATIVE    MEN    OF    OREGON. 


was  one  of  the  founders,  and  for  years  a  director  and  liberal  supporter,  of 
the  Portland  Academy  and  a  warm  fiiend  of  the  Willamette  University  at 
Salem,  of  which  he  is  one  of  the  trustees.  His  liberality  is  proverbial  and 
many  of  our  young  men  have  occasion  to  thank  him  for  substantial  aid  in 
securing  an  education.  The  Presbyterian  church,  of  which  himself  and 
family  are  members, ,  has  received  almost  princely  contributions  from  his 
purse,  and  scarcely  a  church  or  chapel  of  that  denomination  in  Oregon, 
Washiufton  or  Idaho  Territory  has  been  started  without  assistance  from 
his  liberal  store.  He  has  also  rendered  efficient  aid  to  the  Methodist  de- 
nomination, in  which  his  early  manhood  was  spent.  He  has  been  a  friend 
to  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  and  the  Portland  Library,  having 
for  years  provided  them  with  elegant  and  commodious  quarters  free  of 
charge.  Mr.  Ladd's  enterprise  and  energy  has  not  been  wholly  confined  to 
his  banking  business,  he  having  beeu  a  bold  and  successful  originator  and 
operjitor  in  enterprises  outside  of  the  regular  banking  routine.  He  is  the 
senior  member  of  the  banking  flnu  of  Ladd  &  Bush,  at  Salem,  was,  from  its 
early  organization,  a  heavy  stockholder  and  director  of  the  O.  S.  N.  Com- 
pany, as  well  as  a  director  in  the  Oregon  City  Woolen  Slills  and  the  Salem 
Flouring  Mills  Company.  A  gentleman  of  his  intelligence  and  enterprise 
is  necessarily  sought  after  by  his  fellow  citizens  to  fill  positions  of  public 
trust.  He  has,  however,  invariably  declined  a(5cepting  any  pul>lic  office 
other  than  those  involving  usefulness,  without  regard  to  public  honors  or 
emoluments.  He  has  held  the  position  of  Mayor  of  Portland,  and  his  name 
has  repeatedly  been  mentioned  as  a  suitable  one  to  place  on  the  Congres- 
sional ticket,  but  he  has  persistently  refused  to  enter  the  arena  of  political 
strife.  During  the  war  he  was  a  staiinch  war  Democrat,  and  has  since  ex- 
ercised his  right  of  voting  his  own  ticket,  although  in  national  matters  he 
has  of  late  years  sided  with  the  Republicans.  Such  is  a  brief  outline  of  the 
history  of  a  man  whose  active  and  enterprising  spirit,  sound  business  saga- 
city, open-handed  liberality,  pronounced  Christian  character,  and  love  of  the 
beautiful  and  useful  in  nature  and  art,  has  contributed  largely  to  mold 
the  character  of  a  city  of  30,000  souls,  and  lay  deep  and  broad  m  a  great 
measure  the  commercial  honor,  political  virtue,  enlightened  education  and 
Christian  principles  of  our  youu  ;■  and  growing  commonwealth.  A  hospita- 
ble man,  it  affords  him  pleasure  to  entertain  his  friends  beneath  his  own 
roof,  and  his  acknowledged  wealth  does  not  prevent  his  greeting  the  poor 
man  just  as  sincerely  and  heartily  as  he  does  the  railroad  magnate  or  the 
merchant  prince.  All  honor  to  such  men  say  we,  and  it  is  with  pride  that 
we  point  to  Hon.  W.  S.  Ladd  as  one  of  the  "  Representative  men  of  our 
State,"  for  as  such  he  reflects  credit  and  honor  upon  us,  and  we  regard 
and  esteem  him  as  one  of  our  most  honorable  and  upright  citizens. 


MATTHEW    P.    DEADY. 

In  the  brief  space  which  our  limits  compel  us  to  allot  to  sketches  of  our 
representative  men,  it  is  impossible  to  do  justice  to  the  life,  the  character 
or  the  labors  of  the  distinguished  gentleman  whose  name  heads  this  article. 
Little  more,  therefore,  vnll  be  attempted  than  to  allude  to  the  more  promi^ 


EEPRESENTATIVE    MEN    OF    OREGON.  143 


nent  events  in  which  he  has  been  an  actor,  for  these  aloue  will  illustrate  a 
character,  solid,  pure,  wise  and  energetic.  Judge  Deady  was  born  near 
Easton  in  Talbot  county,  Maryland,  on  May  12,  1S24.  His  parents  w«'rf 
substantial  and  respectable  people,  his  father  being  a  teacher  by  profession. 
In  1828  the  family  removed  to  Wheeling,  Virginia,  where  his  father  was  em- 
ployed as  principal  of  the  Lancasterian  Academy  for  some  years.  In  ]834 
he  had  the  misfortune  to  lose  his  mother,  who  died  on  her  way  l)ack  to 
Wheeling  from  Baltimore,  where  the  family  had  gone  on  a  visit  to  her 
father.  In  1837  young  Deady  removed  to  Ohio  with  his  father,  and  s[ieut 
a  few  years  on  a  farm.  He  left  the  farm  in  1841  and  went  to  Baruesville, 
where  for  four  years  he  wrought  as  an  ar^isau  at  the  anvil  and  attended  the 
then  somewhat  famous  Barnesviile  Academy,  working  as  well  at  the  forge 
of  thought  as  that  of  matter,  hammering  and  shaping  to  his  mind  the  ores 
of  knowledge  found  in  the  mine  of  good  boQks.  Having  completed  his  ap- 
prenticeship, young  Deady  listened  to  the  promptings  of  a  laudable  ambi- 
tion and  determined  to  read  law — a  profession  that  reserves  its  rewards 
and  honors  for  those  alone  who  combine  great  mental  power  with  severe 
application.  Supporting  himself  by  teaching  school,  he  began  the  study  of 
the  law  in  1845  with  the  Hon.  William  Kenuon,  of  St.  Clairsville,  Ohit),  since 
on  the  Supreme  Bench  t)f  the  State,  and  now  deceased.  In  October,  1847, 
he  was  admitted  to  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  State,  and  commenced  the 
practice  in  St.  Clairsville.     He  crossed  the  plains  to  Oregon  in  the  year 

1849.  Here  he  supported  himself  during  the  winter  by  teaching,  and  in 
the  spring  of  1850  commenced  the  practice  of  his  profession,  and  soon  be- 
came a  man  of  mark  in  the  community.  Such  was  the  confidence  he  in- 
spired that  he  was  chosen  from  Yamhill  county  at  the  .June  election,  in 

1850,  to  the  lower  House  of  the  Territorial  Legislature,  in  which  he  was  an 
active  and  leading  member  during  the  session  of  18,%  In  1851,  after  a 
severe  contest,  he  was  elected  a  member  of  the  Territorial  Council,  from  tiie 
same  county,  over  Hon.  David  Logan,  and  served  as  Chairman  of  the  Judi- 
ciary Committee  of  that  body  in  the  session  of  1851  2,  and  as  presiding  offi- 
cer during  the  special  session  of  July,  1852,  and  the  regular  one  of  1852-3. 
At  this  early  period  of  his  career  he  had  already  won  his  spurs,  and  was 
generally  recognized  as  one  of  the  leading  men  of  the  country,  both  at  the 
bar  and  in  the  Legislature.  He  was  strongly  urged,  in  the  spring  of  1853, 
as  a  candidate  for  Delegate  to  Congress,  but  received  the  appointment  of 
Associate  Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  Tei-ritory,  which  he  accepted 
and  held,  by  subsequent  re-appointment,  until  the  admission  of  the  State 
to  the  Union  in  February,  1859.  Soon  after  his  appointment  he  removed 
to  the  Southern  District,  then  comprising  the  country  south  of  the  Cala- 
pooia  mountains,  and  settled  in  the  valley  of  the  IJmpqua  upon  a  farm, 
where  still  may  be  seen  the  fruitful  orchards  and  vines  planted  and  trained 
by  his  own  hands  during  the  intervals  of  judicial  labor.  Whilst  occupying 
this  position  he  was  elected  from  Douglas  county  one  of  the  Delegates  to 
the  Constitutional  Convention,  that  met  at  Salem  in  1857,  and  formed  tlie 
present  Constitution  of  the  State.  Of  this  body  he  was  chosen  Presitlent 
and  took  an  active  and  influential  part  in  its  deliberations  and  conclusions. 


144  REPRESENTATIVE    MEN    OF    OREGON. 


At  the  first  ^'Ction  under  this  Constitution  Judge  Deady  was  elected  from 
the  Southern  District  without  opposition,  one  of  the  Justices  of  the  Su- 
preme Court  of  the  State,  but  being  upon  the  admission  of  the  State  in 
1859,  also  appointed  Judge  of  the  United  States  District  Court  for  the 
State,  he  accepted  the  latter  position,  and  removed  to  Portland  in  1860, 
wliere  he  has  ever  since  resided,  and  sat  in  the  District  and  Circuit  Courts 
with  marked  industry,  integrity  and  ability.  In  1861-2  he  prepared  and 
reported  to  the  Legislature  of  1862  the  present  Code  of  Civil  Procedure.  It 
was  adopted  with  two  small  amendments,  and,  with  slight  alterations,  has 
constituted  the  Code  of  Civil  Procedure  for  the  State  since  it  went  into 
eflect  in  May,  1863.  At  the  request  of  the  Legislature  of  1862,  he  also  pre- 
pared and  reported  to  the  Legislature  of  1864,  a  Code  of  Criminal  Proced- 
ure, including  the  definition  of  crimes  and  their  punishments,  which  was 
passed  at  that  session  without  amendment,  and  which,  substantially,  is 
still  in  force.  The  leaders  of  the  bar  iiave  generally  appreciated  and  spoken 
well  of  the  preparation  and  provisions  of  these  codes,  but  some  ill-read 
"  lawyerliugs"  are  to  be  found  who  persist—perhaps  justly — in  attributing 
their  frequent  failures  to  win  cases  to  their  inability  to  understand 
"Deady's  Codes."  In  the  midst  of  his  judicial  and  juridical  labors,  Judge 
Deady  has  found  time  to  prepare  and  publish  a  large  amount  of  correspon- 
dence and  contributions  in  the  periodicals  of  the  country,  replete  with  in- 
formation concerning  the  history  of  Oregon  and  its  affairs.  He  has  also  de- 
voted much  time  and  labor  to  the  establishment  and  support  of  charitable 
and  educational  institutions  and  agencies  in  the  community,  one  of  which 
is  the  excellent  Poitland  Library,  of  which  he  is  President,  and  another  the 
State  University,  in  which  he  is  President  of  tiic  Board  of  Regents.  In 
June,  1852,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Lucy  A.  Henderson,  the  daughter  of 
Mr.  Robert  Henderson,  of  Yamhill — a  lady  universally  respected  and  well 
calculated  to  preside  with  dignity  in  the  Judge's  household.  They  both 
occupy  a  high  social  position,  and  are  among  the  best  people  of  Trinity 
Church,  of  which  the  Judge  is  a  vestryman  of  long  standing.  Judge  Deady 
is  quite  six  feet  two  inches  in  height,  with  a  form  and  figure  duly  propor- 
tioned. His  eyes  are  blue  and  sparkle  with  good  humor  and  intelligence. 
His  hair,  originally  a  wavy  auburn,  is  now  sprinkled  with  grey,  setting  oil 
to  advantage  his  large,  well-poised  head,  and  rnddy,  clear  complexion.  The 
brow  is  broad  and  massive,  particularly  showing  what,  phreuologically 
speaking,  are  denominated  the  perceptive  and  reasoning  faculties.  On  the 
Bench  he  is  urbane  and  courteous,  but  apt  to  require  that  decorum  which 
he  regards  as  indispensable  to  the  dignity  of  the  Court  and  the  orderly 
transaction  of  its  business.  What  are  called  the  "  Bullies"  or  "Buccaneers" 
of  the  bar  soon  find  their  level  in  his  court.  In  practice  before  him  it  is 
necessary  to  work,  neither  reputation  nor  eloquence  being  sufficient  tocom- 
pensate  for  neglect  or  carelessness  in  the  preparation  or  conduct  of  a  case. 
To  the  young  and  inexperienced  lawyer,  just  commencing  the  struggle  of 
life,  he  is  particularly  kind  and  encouraging,  and  not  a  few  who  have 
achieved  distinction  during  his  time  on  the  bench  remember  with  gratitude 
the  kind  word  which  conveyed  to  others  his  recognition  of  the  genius  or 
ability  displayed  in  their  first  efforts  before  him.     Space  forbids  us  to  at- 


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tempt  an  analysis  of  his  judicial  labors.  They  are  interwoven  with  the 
history  and  commerce  of  the  country,  and  have  given  direction  aud  shape 
to  the  legislation,  both  of  the  nation  aud  the  State.  Possessing  hi  u  i)re- 
emiuent  degree  the  faculty  of  judicial  analysis,  he  can  select  from  the  most 
complicated  mass  of  facts,  the  point  or  circumstance  on  which  the  case 
must  turn;  and  so  clearly  is  the  ground  of  his  decision  set  forth  in  tlie 
opinion  as  often  to  evoke  surprise  that  any  other  view  than  the  one  ex- 
pressed could  ever  have  been  entertained.  A  distinguisliod  member  of  the 
Portland  bar  ouce  said:  "I  have  never  known  any  one  wlio,  to  a  greater 
degree  than  Judge  Deady,  sought  to  honor  his  station  by  being  inflexibly 
just,  nor  one  who  held  the  scales  with  a  more  impartial  hand.  If  I  were 
to  characterize  him  by  allusion  to  his  predominant  mental  traits,  I  would 
say  that  above  most  meu  of  my  acquaintance  he  is  distinguished  for  wliat 
we  may  call  mental  intrepidity,  and  his  chief  ambition  in  the  administra- 
tion of  his  office,  is  to  preserve  iuviolately  spotless  the  ermine  he  wears." 
In  conversation  in  the  social  circle,  Judge  Deady  is  correct,  lively  and  en- 
tertaining, though  in  animated  debate  he  sometimes  gives  the  impression 
that,  like  Dr.  Johnson,  he  argues  for  victory.  As  a  speaker  his  merits  are 
not  generally  known.  His  position  on  the  bench  has  necessarily  kept  him 
from  the  public  discussion  of  those  matters  by  which  his  ability  in  this 
field  would  have  been  universally  recognized.  Those,  however,  who  have 
met  him  in  assemblages  where  mind  was  acting  on  mind,  and  wit  and  elo- 
quence ruled  the  hour,  remember  with  delight  the  graceful  humor,  elegant 
diction  and  forcible  expression,  which  there  characterized  his  impromptu 
utterances.  In  the  lecture  room  he  is  always  instructive,  sound  and  en- 
tertaining, often  giving  direction  to  and  leading  the  public  mind  in  new 
channels  of  investigation.  Indeed,  his  lectures  on  "Law  and  Lawyers," 
"Trial  by  Jury"  aud  "Towns  and  Cities,"  are  not  only  excellent  mono- 
graphs on  the  subjects  indicated  by  the  titles,  but  they  abound  with  mucli 
original  thought  and  curious  learning.  He  is  indeed  an  inchvidual  of  whom 
the  State  may  be  proud,  and  I  cannot,  in  my  recollection  of  the  public  meu 
whom  I  ha\e  met,  call  to  mind  one  of  whom  it  may  more  truthfully  be  said: 
"His  aims  are  noble  and  his  methods  just." 


HON.    T.    A.    M'BRIDE. 

The  subject  of  the  following  sketch  was  born  in  Yamhill  county,  Oregon, 
in  1847.  His  father  was  the  late  Dr.  Jas.  McBride,  well  known  to  all  old 
Oregonians,  and  whose  memory  is  still  venerated  by  all  who  ever  knew  him. 
He  was  one  of  the  leading  men  in  the  Territory,  and  his  daily  walk  was  al- 
ways in  the  direction  of  everything  that  was  pure  aud  noble,  ;uid,  being  a 
man  of  far  above  average  ability.his  example  and  tcrichiugs  have  be(>n  lasting 
in  their  efiect.  His  sons  inherited  their  father's  ability  and  uprightness  of 
character  and  all  of  them  are  a  credit  to  our  young  State.  His  brother, 
Hon.  Geo.  W.  McBride,  is  the  leading  merchant  of  Columbia  county  nud 
speaker  of  the  House  in  the  Legislature  of  1882,  where  he  made  a  reputa- 
tion that  will  favorably  compare  with  any  of  his  predecessors.  The  subject 
of  this  sketch  was  educated  at  MclVIinnville  college  aud  there  received  a 


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good  English  education  and  laid  the  foundation  for  a  classical  course,  which 
has  been  steadily  built  upon  ever  since,  until  his  acquaintance  with  the 
dead  languages  will  favorably  compare  with  that  of  any  man  in  Oregon. 
He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1870  and  has  practiced  law  in  Oregon  ever 
since,  with  the  exception  of  two  years,  which  were  spent  in  the  same  profes- 
sion in  Utah.  He  was  the  first  Republican  every  elected  to  the  Legislature 
from  Columbia  county,  and  that  in  the  face  of  a  large  Democratic  majority. 
He  owed  his  election  solely  to  his  great  personal  popularity,  not  only  among 
Republicans  but  also  Democrats.  In  that  Legislature  Mr.  McBride  made 
quite  a  reputation  as  a  debater,  and  his  speeches  and  witty  repartees  are 
often  referred  to  by  those  who  heard  them.  In  1881  he  removed  from  St. 
Helens  to  Oregon  City,  where  he  has  practiced  law  to  the  satisfaction  of  his 
clients  and  remuneratively  to  himself.  He  has  recently  been  appointed  by 
the  Governor  Prosecuting  Attorney  of  the  Fifth  Judicial  District,  a  po- 
sition he  is  well  qualified  to  fill.  He  is  studious  and  is  destined  to 
take  a  position  in  the  front  ranks  of  the  members  of  the  profession.  Mr. 
McBride  has  a  pleasing  address,  a  great  deal  of  magnetism  and  makes 
friends  of  all  with  whom  he  comes  in  contact.  As  a  companion,  he  is  both 
entertaining  and  instructive,  and  as  a  friend,  one  whose  fidelity  is  beyond 
question.  Few  men  possess  as  many  good  qualities  as  are  to  be  found  in. 
the  person  of  Mr.  Thos.  McBride. 

HON.    JOHN    H.    MITCHELL. 

It  is  not  possible  to  give  a  full  biographical  history  of  the  man  whose 
name  is  the  title  of  this  sketch  in  the  limits  within  which  the  writer  is  cir- 
cumscribed in  this  work.  Though  but  47  years  of  age,  his  history  would 
fill  a  volume  as  large  as  that  in  which  he  is  given  this  brief  mention.  Mr. 
Mitchell  was  born  in  Washington  county,  Pennsylvania,  June  22,  1835.  Af- 
ter acquiring  the  rudiments  of  an  English  education  at  the  public  schools 
of  his  native  county,  he  attended  for  some  time  the  Washington  Institute, 
of  Butler,  Pa.  He  then  entered  the  law  office  of  Hon.  Samuel  A.  Purvi- 
ance,  of  the  firm  of  Purviance  &  Thompson,  of  Butler,  under  whose  instruc- 
tion he  remained  for  two  years.  After  passing  a  most  satisfactory  examin- 
ation, he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  Butler  county  in  1858.  There  he  im- 
mediately commenced  the  practice  of  his  profession,  but  remained  only  for 
a  short  time.  His  mind  was  filled  with  the  love  of  adventure  and  the'  Pa- 
cific Coast  offered  the  most  promising  field  for  his  young  and  energetic 
spirit.  Leaving  his  native  State,  under  circumstances  so  sad  in  their  char- 
acter that  a  weaker  nature  would  have  sank  under  their  weight,  he  came  to 
California.  After  remaining  a  short  time  in  San  Francisco  he  removed  to 
San  Louis  Obispo,  where  he  remained  a  few  months.  The  fame  of  Ore- 
gon, as  a  young  and  growing  commonwealth,  had,  in  the  meantime,  attracted 
his  attention,  and  in  July,  1860,  he  took  passage  at  San  Francisco  for  Port- 
land, and  arrived  in  this  city  by  due  course  of  steamer.  He  at  once  turned 
his  attention  to  building  up  a  legal  practice  and  at  the  same  time  engaged 
actively  in  local  politics.  So  quickly  did  he  make  his  iulJuence  felt  that  in 
the  year  1861,  he  was  elected  Corporation  Attorney  of  Portland.     The  sue- 


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ceeding  year  be  was  nomiuated  and  elected,  by  tbe  Republican  party,  to 
tbe  Oregon  State  Senate,  in  wbicb  body  be  served  acceptably  t«)  liiH  con- 
stituents four  years.  During  tbe  first  two  years  of  his  term  be  was  Cliair- 
man  of  tbe  Judiciary  Committee  and  tbe  last  two  years  he  held  tbe  honor- 
able position  of  President  of  tbe  Senate.  At  the  close  of  his  Senat^.rial 
term  be  received  every  mark  of  approval  from  bis  immediate  constituentB, 
and  in  1866  strenuous  efforts  were  made  by  bis  political  friends  to  secure 
him  a  seat  in  tbe  U.  S.  Senate.  They  only  failed  to  elevate  him  to  this  ex- 
alted position  through  lack  of  one  vote  in  the  caucus.  He  earnestly  and 
honestly  supported  the  caucus  nomin*,  who  was  only  defeated  by  tlie 
action  of  a  factious  few  who  refused  to  acquiesce  in  the  decision  of  the  cau- 
cus after  participating  therein.  In  1865  be  was  commissioned  Lieutenant- 
Colonel,  by  the  Governor,  of  the  State  Militia.  In  1867  be  was  elected  Pro- 
fessor of  Medical  Jurisprudence  in  Willamette  University  at  Salem,  Ore- 
gon, and  occupied  the  chair  for  nearly  four  years.  In  1872  his  name  was 
again  presented  to  tbe  State  Legislature  as  a  candidate  for  the  U.  S.  Sen- 
ate, to  wbicb  position  be  was  elected  to  succeed  Hon.  H.  W.  Corbett,  whose 
term  expired  March  4,  1873.  In  this  body  he  at  once  took  a  leading  posi- 
tion. He  served  as  a  member  of  the  Committees  on  Privileges  and  Elec- 
tions, Commerce  and  Claims,  and  was  made  a  member  of  the  Select  Com- 
mittee on  Transportation  Routes  to  the  seaboard,  of  which  Senator  Oliver 
P.  Morton,  of  Indiana,  was  Chairman.  That  Senator  dying.  Senator 
Mitchell  was  made  Chairman  in  his  stead.  It  was  in  this  position  that  he 
was  enabled  to  do  the  greatest  service  for  Oregon,  and  he  tlid  not  fail  to 
make  use  of  the  rare  opportunity  to  do  his  whole  duty  to  bis  constituents. 
To  him  is  due  the  credit  of  the  location  and  con.-struction  of  the  Transcon- 
tinental railroad,  on  the  south  side  of  the  Cohimbia  river.  He  also  did  all 
in  his  power  in  favor  of  tbe  construction  of  tbe  locks  at  the  Cascades.  Dur- 
ing the  whole  history  of  this  government,  no  Senator,  during  bis  first  term, 
ever  held  so  many  and  so  important  positions  on  committees  in  the  U.  S. 
Senate.  Mr.  Mitchell  is  possessed  of  remarkable  energy  and  rare  abilities, 
which,  together  with  untiring  industry,  enable  him  to  accomplish  a  vast 
amount  of  mental  labor  with  apparent  ease.  Prom  1868  until  January  1, 
1873,  when  be  resigned  all  other  engagements  to  enter  upon  his  duties  as 
United  States  Senator,  he  was  constantly  employed  in  positions  of  high 
honor  and  trust.  For  five  years  be  was  tbe  attorney  for  the  Oregon  .t  Cal- 
ifornia Railroad  Company  and  the  North  Pacific  Steamship  Transportation 
Company,  of  San  Francisco,  at  an  annual  salary  of  ;$10,00U.  Tbrongbouf 
his  public  career  be  has  been  distinguished  for  his  keen  discrimination  and 
enlarged  views  of  statesmanship.  His  unswerving  adherence  to  the  prin- 
ciples of  the  RepubHcan  party  and  his  fidebty  to  his  friends  are  distin- 
guishing traits  in  his  character.  Be  he  rich  or  poor,  high  or  low,  a  friend 
of  John  H.  Mitchell's  never  had  occasion  to  charge  him  with  ingratitude  or 
a  want  of  courtesy  under  any  and  all  circumstances.  A  quick  perception 
and  sound  judgment,  united  with  business  tact,  have  secured  to  him  rapid 
and  great  success,  and  be  carries  with  him  an  influence  rarely  in  the  pos- 
session of  a  man  so  young  in  years.    In  1882,  when  the  Legislative  Assera- 


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bly  of  the  State  of  Oregon  convened,  Mr.  Mitchell,  at  the  earnest  solicita- 
tion of  his  friends,  appeared  as  the  candidate  for  re-election  to  the  United 
States  Senate.  A  caucus  was  held  composed  of  thirty-six  members,  being 
exactly  two-thirds  of  the  Republican  majority  on  joint  ballot,  and  he  was 
unanimously  chosen  as  the  choice  of  the  party  to  fill  the  exalted  position 
to  which  he  aspired.  For  reasons  presumed  to  be  satisfactory  to  them- 
selves, seventeen  Republican  members  refused  him  their  support.  Such 
was  his  personal  influence  and  popularity  that  five  Democrats  joined  his 
Rei)ubliean  friends  and  his  vote  reached,  for  several  ballots,  forty-two, 
forty-six  being  the  number  required  to  elect.  And,  never  falling  below 
thirty-nine  votes  and  occasionally  reaching  his  original  forty-two,  he  held 
his  strength  during  seventy-seven  consecutive  ballots  and  until  the  last 
minutes  of  the  expiring  session.  It  was  at  this  critical  juncture  that  Mr. 
Mitchell  manifested  magnanimity  and  greatness  of  soul,  which  still  further 
endeared  him  to  his  great  army  of  friends.  Realizing  that  lie  could  not  be 
elected,  and  having  the  interest  of  his  adopted  State  more  at  heart  than  his 
own  personal  ambition  and  advancement,  he  besought  his  friends  to  sup- 
port Hon.  J.  N.  Dolpli,  his  friend  and  former  law  partner,  and  that  gentle- 
man now  holds  the  proud  position  of  United  States  Senator  for  six  years, 
commencing  on  the  4th  of  March,  1883.  On  Mr.  Mitchell's  return  from 
Salem  to  Portland,  after  the  adjournment  of  the  Legislature,  he  was  re- 
ceived by  the  citizens  with  all  the  "  pomp  and  circumstance"  of  a  conquer- 
ing hero,  instead  of  a  defeated  candidate.  He  has  returned  to  Washington 
City  to  attend  to  important  cases  in  which  he  is  employed  before  the  Su- 
preme Court  of  the  United  States,  but  proposes  to  come  back  in  a  few 
months  and  again  engage  in  the  practice  of  his  profession  in  Oregon,  where 
he  will  be  greeted  with  the  same  regard  and  confidence  which  has  been  ac- 
corded him  from  the  hour  he  first  became  a  citizen  of  "  the  sunset  State." 


JOHN    P.    WARD. 

No  politician  in  Oregon  is  better  known  perhaps  than  the  subject  of  this 
sketch,  wiio,  while  quiet  and  unobstrusive  in  his  deportment,  and  in  a  crowd 
saying  but  little,  and  that  in  a  manner  not  calculated  to  attract  attention, 
is  none  the  less  a  "  full  hand"  in  a  political  campaign,  and  one  whose  opin- 
ion, judgment  and  forethought  are  carefully  considered  as  being  those 
of  one  who  knows  whereof  he  speaks.  He  is  an  active  worker  and  takes  a 
deep  interest  in  politics,  be  the  question  of  a  municipal,  county.  State  or 
national  character.  Mr.  Ward  was  born  in  Washington  county,  Rhode 
Island,  June  30,  1833,  and  early  developing  a  love  for  the  sea,  he  shipped  as 
a  sailor  at  the  age  of  fourteen  years  and  followed  the  sea  for  about  eight 
years,  the  last  few  of  which  he  served  as  master  of  coasting  vessels.  He 
followed  railroading  in  1855-6  and  at  intervals  until  the  war  broke  out.  He 
then  joined  a  railroad  exploring  expedition  aud  made  a  tour  to  Mexico, 
pushing  on  to  California,  which  State  he  reached  in  1862,  and  a  year  later 
he  came  to  Oregon.  He  was  a  police  officer  in  Portland  in  1864-6.  During 
the  latter  year  he  was  appointed  Warden  of  the  State  Penitentiary,  which 
Avas  then  located  at  Portland.    He  was  afterwards  appointed  Deputy  Sheriff 


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of  Mnltuomah  couu+y,  which  position  he  held  for  seven  years  under  tlie 
several  administrations  of  Sheriff  Al  Zieber,  C.  Bills  and  J.  M.  Cay  wood,  in 
■which  office  he  made  hosts  of  friends  and  an  extensive  ac(iuaintanccHhi|).  In 
1874  he  was  appointed  Deputy  Collector  of  Customs  under  Hon.  H.  W. 
Scott,  vphich  position  he, held  until  1880,  when  he  was  appointed  InH[)octor 
of  Steam  Vessels,  which  position  he  now  holds.  Mr.  Ward  has  a  leyioii  of 
warm  friends  in  Multnomah  county,  where  he  resides,  and  as  a  citi'/cn  he  is 
universally  respected.  He  is  married  and  has  an  interesting?  family,  one  of 
his  sons  occupyiupr  a  trustworthy  position  in  the  employ  of  the  <).  K.  A-  \. 
Company. 

EUGENE    D.    WHITE. 

This  gentleman  is  a  native  Oregouian,  having  been  born  at  Or(!gon  City 
in  1851.  He  passed  the  days  of  boyhood  there,  and  finished  his  education 
at  the  University  at  Forest  Grove,  when  he  went  east  of  the  mountains  and 
engaged  in  mining  for  three  years.  Desiring  to  perfect  his  commercial 
education  he  then  came  to  Portland  and  went  through  a  course  at  the  Na- 
tional Business  College,  after  which  he  was  tendered  a  position  as  account- 
ant in  the  house  of  Wadhams  &  Elliott,  wholesale  grocers.  He  remained 
with  this  firm  three  years,  and  was  esteemed  by  his  employers  as  a  reliable 
and  capable  book  keeper.  After  resigning  this  position,  he  embarked  in 
the  general  brokerage  business,  associating  himself  with  Mr.  Ferry.  The 
new  firm  has  now  been  in  business  but  two  years,  and  have  already  taken  a 
foremost  position  in  that  line.  They  deal  principally  in  real  estate,  and  are 
the  agents  for  the  Oakland  Home,  of  California,  and  the  Metropole  of 
Paris,  Insurance  Companies.  Mr.  White  was  married  to  Miss  Emma  Gilt- 
ner,  daughter  of  Dr.  J.  S.  Giltner,  in  1876.  Mrs.  White  is  a  very  accom- 
plished lady,  being  a  graduate  of  the  Baltimore  Femal"^  Institute,  in  music, 
painting  and  belles-lettres.  Mr.  White  became  a  member  of  the  Masonic  order 
in  1876,  and  is  present  Master  of  Willamette  Lodge  No.  2,  also  a  memher  of 
Knights  Templar.  He  is  a  nephew  of  Col.  B.  Jennings,  who  was  the  first 
G.  M.  of  Masons  in  this  State. 

HON.   GEORGE    W.  YOCUM 

Was  born  at  Newport,  Pennsylvania,  April  27,  1833.  He  moved  with  his 
parents  to  Franklin  county,  Indiana.  While  there  he  attended  Asbury 
University,  at  Greencastle,  and  after  leaving  there  he  attended  College  at 
Miami  University,  at  Oxford,  Ohio,  for  a  term  of  three  years.  Immediately 
after  college  he  commenced  the  study  of  law  under  Hon.  John  D.  Howlaml, 
at  Brookville,  Indiana,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  the  Supreme  Court 
of  that  State  a  few  years  later.  He  was  afterwards  elected  District  Attorney 
of  the  Third  Judicial  District,  and  held  the  office  one  term.  He  moved  m 
1857  and  opened  an  office  at  Albia,  Monroe  county,  Iowa,  where  he  practiced 
law  for  nineteen  vears  consecutively,  and  in  1867  he  was  honored  by  being 
elected  Mayor  of  that  city  and  held  the  office  one  term.  He  came  to  Oregon 
in  1874  and  commenced  the  practice  of  law  at  Portland,  where  he  has  resided 
ever  since.     He  was  elected  a  member  of  the  Common  Council  in  1.M77,  and 


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proved  active  aud  efficient  in  the  discharge  of  his  duties  as  such.  He  se- 
cured his  education  under  adverse  circumstances,  having  taught  school  at 
intervals  to  raise  funds  with  which  to  carry  on  his  law  studies.  He  has 
been  a  very  close  student,  aud  the  success  he  has  attained  has  been  the  re- 
sult of  unremitting  application.  He  never  has  difficulties  with  the  bench 
or  bar,  as  he  always  endeavors  to  treat  his  fellow-man  with  fairness.  He 
has  never  considered  himself  handsome  or  courtly  in  his  manners,  and  he 
has  consequently  refrained  from  indulging  in  politics,  although  he  is  an 
earnest  Republican.  He  has  many  warm  friends  and  some  bitter  enemies. 
The  former  he  appreciates  and  the  latter  he  pities.  His  zeal  for  his  clients 
sometimes  causes  unfriendly  feelings,  but  he  bears  malice  toward  none  who 
deserve  his  esteem.  While  residing  at  Albia,  Iowa,  he  was  married  to  Mrs. 
Josie  Woolsey  Craig,  who  had  two  daughters  by  a  former  marriage.  These 
are  both  graduates  of  the  Portland  High  School,  and  one  of  them  was  re- 
cently married  to  F.  Clarno,  Esq.,  the  junior  member  of  the  firm  of  Yocum 
&  Clarno.  One  boy  completes  their  family  circle.  Mr.  Yocum  is  of  medium 
height,  heavy  built,  square-shouldered,  full  beard  and  brown  hair,  liberally 
sprinkled  with  grey.  His  specialty  as  an  attorney  is  said  to  be  in  cases 
where  land  titles  are  involved,  although  he  is  considered  well  qualified  to 
act  in  any  department.  As  a  citizen  and  neighbor  he  is  highly  esteemed, 
and  as  a  member  of  the  bar  he  is  respected. 


REV.    F.    P.    BERRY, 

Of  Salem,  is  a  gentleman  who,  although  he  has  resided  in  the  State  but 
comparatively  a  short  time,  has  during  his  residence  here  acquired  a  lead- 
ing position  among  the  clergy,  and  is  universally  esteemed  among  those 
with  whom  he  has  become  acquainted.  He  was  born  at  Dover,  New 
Jersey,  February  26,  1846,  and  resided  with  his  parents  until  he  became 
of  age,  attending  school  meanwhile  at  the  public  and  private  schools  of 
that  city,  and  for  a  few  years  teaching  in  schools  of  that  vicinity.  He  en- 
tered the  Freshman  class  of  Wabash  College,  Crawfordsville,  Indiana,  in 
1868  spending  his  freshman  and  sophomore  years  in  that  institution,  and 
then  went  to  Princeton  College,  New  Jersey,  where  he  spent  his  junior  and 
senior  years,  and  graduated  in  the  class  of  75.  His  health  failed  him,  and 
for  two  years  he  was  unable  to  preach.  In  1877  he  went  to  Kansas  and 
spent  a  year  riding  horseback  and  preaching  in  school  houses,  etc.,  in  the 
farming  districts.  It  was  a  toilsome  life,  but  he  regained  his  shattered 
health  and  settled  in  Welliugton,  Kansas,  in  1878,  where  he  remained  for 
three  years,  during  which  time  his  co  ngregation  erected  a  new  church  edi- 
fice. He  resigned  charge  of  that  church  in  1881,  and  returned  to  New  Jer- 
sey, spending  several  months  there  and  in  adjacent  States.  He  came  to 
Oregon  in  the  fall  of  1881,  in  response  to  a  call  from  tlie  Presbyterian  church 
of  Salem.  During  the  summer  of  1882  he  visited  Wellington,  Kansas,  and 
on  August  30,  1882,  was  married  to  Miss  Minnie  J.  Staub,  of  that  place,  re- 
turning to  Salem  with  his  bride  in  September  following,  aud  at  once  re- 
sumed charge  of  the  Presbyterian  church  of  that  city.  Mr.  Berry  is  still  a 
young  man  and,  possessed  as  he  is  of  far  more  than  ordinary  talent,  his  fu- 


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ture  gives  promise  of  bringing  him  full  measure  of  success  in  the  professioii 
he  has  chosen.  He  is  highly  esteemed  by  his  congregation  and  is  making 
friends  rapidly  among  our  citizens  generally. 


W.    F.    BOOTHBY. 

The  well-known  arshitect  of  Salem,  was  born  at  Linniugton,  Maine,  July 
12, 1840.  His  early  life  was  spent  upon  his  father's  farm.  He  commenced 
learning  the  carpenter's  trade  when  he  was  sixteen  years  of  age.  He  attend- 
ed the  Fally  Seminary  at  Fulton,  N.  Y.,  from  1858  to  1860,  when  he  opeued  a 
general  commission  house  in  Portland,  Maine,  where  he  remained  until  the 
war  broke  out.  During  the  famine  in  Ireland,  in  1860,  Mr.  Boothby  load- 
ed two  ships  with  provisions,  which  reached  there  in  due  season,  and  in 
a  measure  relieved  the  suffering  poor.  Disposing  of  his  business  in  1861 
he  came  to  California  via  the  Isthmus,  lauding  in  San  Francisco  in  No- 
vember of  that  year.  He  at  once  started  for  the  mines  and  was  for  some 
time  engaged  in  Gen.  Fremont's  quartz  mill,  then  the  largest  in  tlie  world. 
During  the  next  few  years  he  was  engaged  in  various  enterprises,  contract- 
ing for  and  building  houses,  stores,  etc.,  running  a  sawmill,  selling  goods, 
etc.,  and  came  to  Oregon  in  June,  1864,  and  settled  in  Salem.  He  com- 
menced canvassing  the  city  for  the  sale  of  Abbott's  History  of  the  Civil 
War,  but  the  enterprise  was  too  tame  for  a  man  of  his  energy  and  ambi- 
bition,  and  through  the  influence  of  old  Father  Waller,  peace  to  his  ashes, 
he  secured  a  place  as  foreman  in  Jones  &  Reed's  sash  and  door  factory, 
where  he  remained  about  eighteen  mouths.  In  1866,  in  partnership  with 
H.  Stapleton  and  H.  R.  Myers,  they  bought  out  Sam.  Bass'  interest  in  a 
sash  and  door  factory.  In  about  one  year's  time  Mr.  Myers  disposed  of 
his  interest  in  the  business  to  Messrs.  Boothby  &  Stapleton,  who  after- 
wards built  a  new  factory,  which  was  soon  destroyed  by  tire  involving  a 
loss  of  some  3^20,000.  They  rebuilt  and  continued  business  for  several 
years,  occasionally  drafting  a  house  of  some  importance.  In  1872  they  con- 
tracted with  Marion  county  for  the  erection  of  the  elegant  court-house 
building  that  is  now  the  pride  of  Salem  and  the  surrounding  country,  and 
which  cost  in  the  neighborhood  of  $100,000.  In  1870  he  associated  with 
Martin  &  Allen,  of  Salem,  and  contracted  with  that  city  to  furnish  water  for 
fire  purposes  and  private  use  ;  built  works  in  1870,  Mr.  Boothby  serving  as 
president  of  the  company  since  that  date.  In  1879,  owing  to  failing  health, 
he  disposed  of  his  interest  in  the  sash  and  door  factory,  and  shortly  after- 
wards opened  an  architect's  office,  in  which  business  he  is  still  engaged.  In 
1880  he  was  engaged  by  the  Board  of  Commissioners  for  the  erection  of  a 
brick  insane  asylum  building,  to  assume  charge  of  several  plans  submitted 
by  other  architects  and  to  prepare  from  them,  introducing  ideas  t)f  his  own, 
a  plan  for  the  erection  of  a  building  calculated  to  accommodate  4tMJ  patients. 
How  faithfully  he  executed  that  work  the  new  and  elegant  building  in  the 
suburbs  of  Salem  is  evidence.  It  is  said  to  be  as  perfect  a  buildiug  of  its 
kind  as  can  be  found  anywhere,  and  it  has  been  erected  at  an  expense,  thus 
far,  surprisingly  small,  aggregating  only  about  SK^^OOO.  Mr.  Boothby's 
services  have  been  retained  as  supervising  architect  and  superintendent  of 


152  EEPEESENTATIVE    MEN    OF    OREGON. 


construction,  and  to  his  economical  management  and  thorough  knowledge 
of  his  profession  is  greatly  due  the  success  attending  the  labors  of  the  board. 
He  also  prepared  the  plans  for  Warner  Breyman's  elegant  new  residence, 
now  in  course  of  construction  in  that  city.  Mr.  Boothby  is  a  pronounced 
Republican,  but  has  never  sought  office.  He  was  in  1870  a  member  of  the 
Common  Council  of  Salem.  He  is  an  exemplary  citizen,  to  whose  enterprise 
and  energy  Salem  is  greatly  indebted  for  many  of  her  most  important  and 
permanent  improvements.  His  integrity  and  industry  have  made  him  very 
popular  in  Salem,  where  he  is  best  known.  He  was  married  September 
20,  1865,  to  Miss  R.  A.  Dalgleish,  of  Salem,  formerly  of  Lawrence,  Mass. 


REV.    ROBERT    W.    HILL, 

Superintendent  of  the  Presbyterian  Home  Missions  for  Oregon,  Washing- 
ton, Idaho  and  Alaska  Territories,  was  born  in  the  city  of  New  York  No- 
vember 13,  1845.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  that  city  until 
he  entered  the  University  of  the  City  of  New  York.  Early  developing  a 
taste  for  the  ministry,  he  commenced  a  thoroiigh  course  of  study  with 
the  view  of  adopting  that  as  a  profession,  and  in  1878  graduated  from 
the  Union  Theological  Seminary.  He  was  married  May  29th  of  the  same 
year  to  Miss  Lois  R.  Hough,  of  Lewis  county.  New  York,  and,  accom- 
panied by  his  young  wife,  at  once  started  for  Oregon,  having  accepted  a 
call  from  the  Presbyterian  church  of  Salem.  Reaching  here  in  June,  he 
commenced  his  labors  without  delay  and  very  soon  made  friends,  not 
only  with  the  members  of  his  own  congregation,  but  with  our  citizens  gen- 
erally. He  is  an  earnest  worker,  and  his  field  of  labor  afforded  a  rich 
harvest.  His  congregations  increased  and  he  proved  one  of  the  most 
popular  ministers  in  that  city.  His  sermons  are  practical  and  eloquent, 
and  he  succeeded  in  creating  a  warm  interest  in  church  work,  and  re- 
mained as  its  pastor  until  in  1882  he  was  called  liy  the  unanimous 
voice  of  the  Synod  of  the  Columbia  to  his  present  high  and  responsible 
position.  Mr.  Hill  enlisted  during  the  war  as  a  private  in  Company  L 
of  the  Second  New  York  Cavalry,  and  to-day  bears  the  scars  of  honor- 
able service.  He  takes  a  warm  interest  in  politics  and  is  a  strong  Repub- 
lican. He  is  a  constant  correspondent  of  several  of  the  leading  Eastern 
journals,  and  his  letters  have  contributed  in  no  small  degree  in  informing 
our  Eastern  friends  as  to  the  resources  of  the  great  Northwest,  in  the 
development  of  which  Mr.  Hill  is  deeply  interested. 


HON.    WILLIAM    D.    HARE. 

There  is  scarcely  a  man,  woman  or  child  in  the  State  of  Oregon  who  has 
not  heard  of  the  subject  of  this  sketch.  Ever  since  the  foundation  of  a  gov- 
ernment on  this  northwest  coast  Mr.  Hare  has  taken  an  active  part  in  the 
affairs  of  the  community  where  he  hved.  He  is  an  exemplification  of  the 
time-honored  adage  that  "  God  helps  those  who  help  themselves,"  and  his 
whole  life  has  bristled  with  instances  of  this  belief.  He  is  a  man  of  strong 
convictions  and  honest  prejudices.     His  friends  always  know  just  where  he 


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may  be  found  when  he  is  wanted.  His  nature  is  positive  in  its  character, 
and  when  once  he  has  settled  in  his  own  mind  that  he  is  rij?ht,  nothing 
short  of  utter  annihilation  can  swerve  him  from  his  course.  Such  a  char- 
acter must  succeed,  and  Mr.  Hare  has  succeeded.  Mr.  Hare  was  born  at 
Wheeling,  Virginia,  September  1,  1834,  and  with  his  parents  removed  to 
Ohio  in  1835,  where  he  continued  to  reside  until  1853,  when,  in  company 
with  James  Edwards,  of  Benton  county,  he  came  to  Oregon.  He  settled  in 
Portland,  where  he  remained  until  1857,  when  he  moved  to  Washington 
county,  where  one'  year  later  he  was  elected  County  Clerk.  He  held  tliat 
office  until  July,  1862.  He  had  meanwhile  devoted  his  spare  moments  to 
the  study  of  law,  and,  having  passed  a  successful  examination,  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  in  1863.  He  represented  Washington  county  in  the  Legislative 
Assembly  of  1870.  He  was  the  Republican  candidate  for  Presidential 
Elector  in  1872,  and  made  an  active  canvass  of  the  State.  He  was  appointed 
Collector  of  Customs  for  the  District  of  Oregon  March  14,  1873,  which  im- 
portant and  responsible  position  he  held  until  July  1,  1881,  since  which 
time  he  has  been  engaged  in  agricultural  pursuits  on  his  farm  in  Washing- 
ton county.  Socially,  none  are  more  genial,  open  hearted  or  courteous,  and 
his  native  humor  renders  him  jjopular  in  every  circle  and  a  welcome  guest 
in  every  company.  As  a  public  speaker  he  combines  the  various  elements 
of  eloquence,  logic,  pathos,  sargasm  and  bitter  invective.  His  energy  is 
unremitting  and  his  friendship  sincere.  He  is  a  man  of  family  and  remark- 
ably fond  of  his  home  circle.  He  is  P.  G.  M.  W.  of  the  A.  O.  U.  W.,  and  is 
deservedly  popular  in  that  order.  It  were  well  if  our  young  State  had 
many  such  generous  and  enterprising  men  as  Hon.  W.  D.  Hare. 


HON.    ISAAC    R.    MOORES. 

The  sterling  citizen  whose  every  thought  is  for  the  good  of  the  commun- 
ity in  which  he  has  reared  his  home  and  cemented  his  associations,  must 
always  command  the  respect  and  esteem  of  his  fellow  citizens.  Of  such 
metal  and  commanding  such  respect  is  he  whose  name  is  inscribed  above. 
Like  his  father,  whose  name  he  bears,  and  of  which  family  he  is  the  only 
living  representative,  he  is  a  man  of  sterling  worth,  whose  word  is  as  good 
as  his  bond.  Isaac  R.  Moores,  Sr.,  served  in  the  Seminole  Indian  war,  in 
two  campaigns  with  General  Jackson  in  Florida.  He  also  held  a  commis- 
sion as  Colonel  in  the  Blackhawk  war  of  1831,  raising  a  regiment  of  four 
companies  and  being  under  marching  orders  within  three  days  from  the 
time  the  first  alarm  was  given.  He  was  also  elected  Captain  of  a  company 
to  serve  in  the  Mexican  war  of  1846,  the  services  of  whicb,  however,  were 
not  required,  the  quota  of  the  State  in  which  it  was  raised  (Illinois)  being 
filled,  and  he,  with  his  family,  came  to  Oregon  in  1852  and  settled  in  Lane 
county,  which  county  he  ably  represented  in  the  State  Legislature'  of  i855 
and  in  the  first  State  Constitutional  Convention  held  in  Salem  in  1857.  He 
passed  away  in  1861,  honored  and  respected  by  all  who  knew  him.  The 
subject  of  our  sketch  is,  evidently,  a  chip  off  the  old  block,  and  a  man  whose 
friends  are  legion.  He  was  born  in  Vermillion  county,  Illinois,  on  St.  Val- 
entine's day,  in  1831.     Enjoyed  only  the  advantages  of  a  common  school 


154  KEPRESENTATIVE    MEN    OF    OREGON. 


education,  the  early  portion  of  his  life  having  been  employed  as  a  clerk  in 
the  mercantile  business.  He  went  to  California  with  the  argonauts  of  1850 
and  spent  two  years  in  search  of  the  golden  lieece  without  success.  Re- 
turned to  Illinois  and  in  1852  accompanied  his  parents  to  Oregon  and 
settled  in  Yamhill  county,  where  it  is  claimed  all  great  men  originate,  where 
he  followed  surveying  until  October,  1854,  when  he  moved  to  Salem,  where 
he  has  continuously  resided  ever  since.  Was  married  September  2,  1856,  to 
Miss  Ellen  R.  Lamon,  who  has  proved  an  efficient  helpmate  in  the  struggles 
incident  to  Ufe  in  a  new  country.  He  clerked  for  a  year  or  more  for  J.  N. 
McDonald,  after  which  himself  and  brother  (Hon.  Jno.  H.  Moores,  deceased) 
bought  McDonald  out  and  continued  in  the  general  merchandising  busi- 
ness until  1866,  when  he  accepted  the  position  of  clerk  of  the  State  Board 
of  School  Land  Commissioners  under  Gov.  Woods'  administration,  remain- 
ing there  until  1870.  Represented  Marion  county  in  the  House  of  Repre- 
sentatives in  1862  and  was  re-elected  in  1864,  and  was  chosen  Speaker,  which 
position  he  filled  during  that  session  and  the  special  session  of  1865,  and  as 
such  ofiicer  signed  the  amendment  to  the  Constitation  of  the  United  States, 
abolishing  slavery  within  its  borders,  a  public  act  in  which  he  takes  no 
small  degree  of  pride.  In  1861  he  was  appointed  Colonel  of  the  Second 
Regiment  Oregon  Volunteer  Militia,  which  was  composed  of  fully  1100 
men  and  two  companies  of  artillery.  Although  equipped  for  active  service 
their  services  were  never  required.  He  has  been  an  active  member  of  the 
Common  Council  of  Salem  for  several  terms,  and  in  1867  was  one  of  the 
originators  and  incorporators  of  the  Oregon  Central  Railroad  Company* 
serving  as  its  President  and  Vice  President  prior  to  its  transfer  to  the  Ore- 
gon and  California  Railroad  Company.  In  1870  he  was  appointed  Land  Com- 
missioner by  the  O.  and  C.  R.  R.  Company,  which  position  he  still  holds.  He 
has  made  himself  popular  in  fraternal  organizations,  having  joined  the  Odd 
Fellows  in  1856  and  held  the  office  of  Grand  Treasurer  for  sixteen  years.  He 
joined  tlie  Masonic  order  in  1870  and  has  attained  the  honors  of  the  thirty- 
second  degree,  and  has  acted  as  Grand  Receiver  of  the  A.  O.  U.  W.  since  its 
organization  in  1879.  He  has  always  been  a  Republican,  resisting  all  in- 
ducements to  swerve  from  his  allegiance.  His  habits  are  such  as  to  insure 
good  health  and  the  indications  are  that  he  is  destined  to  many  long  years 
of  usefulness.  He  is  the  very  personification  of  sociability,  and  is  a  perfect 
storehouse  of  information  and  laughable  incidents,  and  universally  re- 
spected as  a  man  among  men. 


HON.  TILMON  FORD, 
One  of  the  Representatives  from  Marion  county,  is  an  Oregon-raised  boy; 
was  born  in  1845  and  lived  with  his  parents  on  a  farm  in  old  Marion  until 
the  year  1865,  when  he  went  to  Idaho  to  try  his  luck  in  the  mines,  and  being 
tolerably  successful  with  the  pick  and  shovel,  accumulated  sufficient  means 
to  enable  him  to  return  to  Salem  and  enter  the  Willamette  University  as  a 
student.  He  graduated  from  that  institution  in  1S70  and  immediately  com- 
menced the  study  of  the  law  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  by  the  Supreme 
Court  of  this  State  in  the  faU  of  1872.     He  then  opened  a  law  office  m  Sa- 


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lem,  where  he  has  resided  ever  Kince,  and  lias  been  favored  with  a  hicrative 
practice  in  his  profession.  In  1880  he  was  nominated  by  the  Republican 
Covmty  Convention  and  was  elected  to  represent  Marion  ct)iinty  in  the 
House  of  Representatives  of  the  Oregon  Legislature  in  that  year.  He 
was  the  author  of  the  bill  which  passed  at  that  ae&siou  to  erect  the  State 
Insane  Asylum  building  at  Salem.  Mr.  Ford  was  re-elected  as  one  of  the 
Representatives  on  the  Republican  ticket  in  1882.  At  this  session  he  was 
very  active  and  energetic  in  procuring  the  passage  of  laws  to  complete  and 
furnish  the  asylum  and  govern  and  controlthat  institution  under  the  charge 
of  the  State.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Judiciary  Committee  of  the  House 
in  1880  and  also  in  1882.  He  became  somewhat  noted  for  being  always  on 
the  side  of  economy  upon  all  measures  which  required  money  to  he  paid 
out  of  the  State  treasviry,  and  to  his  financial  ability  is  due  many  of  the 
economical  features  of  measures  requiring  expeuditiu-es  of  money  by  the 
State.  He  was  not  given  to  "much  speaking"  as  a  member,  but  whenever 
he  did  speak  upon  any  question  before  that  body  he  was  clear  and  forcil)le 
as  to  the  position  which  be  occupied  on  the  subject  under  debate,  and  al- 
ways received  the  close  attention  of  the  members  while  speaking  upon  any 
question  before  the  House.  It  can  be  truthfully  said  of  Mr.  Ford  that  he 
was  one  of  the  real  working  members  of  that  body. 

PROFESSOR    T.    H.    CRAWFORD. 

Prominent  among  those  who  are  in  charge  of  the  educational  interests  of 
our  State  stands  the  gentleman  whose  name  heads  this  sketch.  For  years 
past  he  has  been  prominently  connected  with  various  institutions  of  learn- 
ing, until  the  profession  of  a  teacher,  than  which  there  is  no  higher  or  no- 
bler, has  become  second  nature  to  him,  and  none  in  the  ranks  of  that  pro- 
fession stand  higher  or  more  universally  command  the  respect  and  esteem 
of  the  general  public  than  does  Prof.  Crawfoid.  His  record  as  a  teacher 
and  as  a  man  and  citizen  is  without  blemish,  and  his  friends  and  admirers 
are  legion.  He  was  born  in  Clarksburg,  Indiana,  June  21,  1810,  and  with 
his  parents  crossed  the  plains  and  reached  Oregon  in  1852,  and  settled  on  a 
farm  near  Brownsville,  in  Linn  county.  He  attended  tlie  district  schools 
until  1858,  when  he  entered  the  Santiam  Academy,  where  he  remained  sev- 
eral months.  He  commenced  teaching  in  the  fall  of  1859,  in  the  Cowan  dis- 
trict, near  Albany,  and  in  November  of  that  year  he  entered  the  Willamette 
University  and  graduated  in  the  classical  course  in  the  class  of  '03.  The 
succeeding  three  years  were  spent  in  teaching  at  Sublimity,  and  in  Septem- 
ber, 186G,  he  took  charge  of  the  public  schools  of  Salem,  where  he  remained 
until  December,  1867,  when  he  came  to  Portland  and  accepted  a  position  in 
the  Portland  Female  Academy,  under  Prof.  T.  M.  Gatch.  He  remained 
here  untilJuly,  1870,  when  he  was  appointed  Principal  of  the  North  Port- 
land Public  School,  where  he  remained  two  years,  when,  in  Sei)tember,  1872, 
having  been  elected  Professor  of  Natuj-al  Science  in  the  Willamette  I'ni- 
versity,  he  moved  to  Salem.  This  position  he.  resigned  in  December,  1H75, 
and  for  a  few  mouths  devoted  his  attention  to  the  real  estate  and  insiirauce 
business.     In  September,  187(j,  he  was  elected  to  the  Principalsliip  of  ihe 


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Central  School  in  Portland,  and  remained  there  for  one  year,  when  he  was 
elected  City  Superintendent  of  the  Portland  Public  Schools,  which  high 
and  responsible  position  he  still  occupies,  this  being  the  sixth  year  of  his 
service  in  that  capacity.  He  has  been  a  prominent  member  of  the  I.  O.  O. 
F.  since  1867,  and  in  1875  was  one  of  the  Grand  Representatives  to  the  Sov- 
ereign Grand  Lodge,  which  met  at  Indianapolis,  Indiana.  During  the 
years  1867-9  and  1876-7  he  was  Grand  Secretary  of  the  I.  O.  G.  T.  His 
parents,  Dr.  and  Mrs.  R.  H.  Crawford,  are  Sitill  living,  in  the  enjoyment  of  a 
ripe  old  age,  at  Brownsville.  Prof.  Crawford's  educational  advantages  were 
secured  mainly  by  his  own  exertions;  earning  means  to  pay  his  expenses  by 
engaging  in  various  kinds  of  labor  during  vacations  and  on  Sattirdays. 
While  attending  the  Willamette  University,  at  Salem,  he  sawed  wood,  built 
fires,  swept  the  university  and  acted  as  sexton  of  the  old  M.  E.  church  to 
earn  money  to  pay  his  school  expenses,  and  during  the  greater  part  of  the 
time  "bached"  in  the  old  "third  story."  Among  his  classmates  we  note  the 
honored  names  of  Hon.  J.  B.  Waldo,  Rev.  P.  S.  Knight,  Hon.  Syl.  C.  Simp- 
son, P.  L.  Willis,  Esq.,  and  Hon.  O.  N.  Denny.  Prof.  Crawford  was  married 
to  Miss  Emily  E.  Crandall,  in  Salem,  July  24,  1864,  four  children  being  born 
to  the  family,  the  first  three  of  whom  fell  victims  to  that  dread  disease, 
diphtheria,  and  died  within  one  week  in  1875.  his  wife  passing  away  in  Au- 
gust of  the  present  year,  leaving  a  daughter  of  about  two  years  of  age. 
Prof.  Crawford  is  a  fine-looking  specimen  of  manhood,  rather  tall  and  well- 
proportioned,  erect,  with  a  good-shaped  head,  high  forehead,  heavy  beard 
and  hair  of  auburn,  prominent  features  and  attractive  face  and  engaging 
manners.  He  makes  friends  rapidly  and  rarely  loses  one.  He  is  a  pleasant 
speaker,  and  in  any  legislative  body  is  listened  to  Avith  interest  whenever  op- 
portunity occurs.  His  reputation  is  beyond  reproach,  and  he  is  esteemed 
very  highly  by  those  who  know  him  best. 


HON.  WILLIAM  LAIR  HILL. 
No  attorney  in  Eastern  Oregon  stands  higher  in  the  ranks  of  the  profes- 
sion than  does  he  whose  name  heads  this  sketch.  He  was  born  on  a  plan- 
tation in  McNairy  county,  Tennessee,  August  20,  1838.  His  father.  Dr.  R. 
C.  Hil],  now  of  Albany,  Oregon,  moved  to  Missouri  in  1848,  and  came  to 
Oregon  in  1853.  W.  Lair  Hill  was  educated  at  McMinnville  College,  Ore- 
gon, and  read  law  in  the  office  of  Hon.  Geo.  H.  Williams  and  Hon.  A.  C. 
Gibbs,  who,  at  that  time,  were  partners  in  Portland;  and  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  in  December,  1861.  He  was  employed  in  the  Paymaster's  Depart- 
ment of  the  U.  S.  Army  during  the  year  1862,  and  did  duty  at  nearly  all  the 
military  posts  in  Oregon,  Washington  and  Idaho,  the  service  in  those  days 
requiring  constant  travel.  In  January,  1863,  he  commenced  the  practice  of 
law  as  the  partner  of  Hon.  A.  C.  Gibbs,  who  was  then  the  Governor  of  Ore- 
gon. He  was  Judge  of  Grant  county  from  1864  to  1866.  While  a  resident 
of  Grant  county  he  married  the  eldest  daughter  of  the  late  Rev.  Dr.  Chand- 
ler, the  marriage  being  the  consummation  of  an  attachment  formed  in 
school  days,  when  Dr.  Chandler  was  President  of  McMinnville  College.  He 
returned  to  Portland  in  1866,  and  resumed  practice  here.     His  application, 


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iudustry  aud  strict  attention  to  business,  bro^^^ht  him  clients  who  soon  be- 
came his  enthusiastic  admirers,  aud  Ins  business  increased  rapidly,  mainly  iis 
a  real  estate  lawyer.  In  the  fall  of  1872  he  assumed  editorial  manawomeut 
of  the  Daily  aud  Weekly  "  Oregonian,"  agreeing  to  edit  the  paper  a  few 
weeks  until  satisfactory  arrangements  could  be  made  with  some  other  suit- 
able person.  The  weeks  ran  into  months  and  the  m(jnths  into  years,  until 
in  March,  1877,  his  greatly  impaired  health  necessitated  the  resignation  of 
a  position  requiring  such  close  attention  and  constant  care.  Under  his 
management  the  "Oregouian"  abandoned  the  position  of  a  party  organ  and 
assumed  the  independent  position  it  now  occupies.  In  J878,  being  still  in 
feeble  health,  he  sought  benefit  by  change  to  a  less  humid  climate,  and 
with  his  family  removed  to  The  Dalles,  where  he  now  resides,  in  the  enjoy- 
ment of  greatly  improved  health  and  the  leading  law  practice  of  Eastern 
Oregon.  He  li%^es  on  a  farm  about  two  and  a  half  miles  from  town,  driving 
in  every  morning.  He  has  always  taken  an  active  interest  in  educational 
matters  and  is  at  the  present  time  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of 
McMinnville  College,  and  has  been  President  of  the  Board  of  Directors  of 
Wasco  Independent  Academy  ever  since  its  organization.  Politically,  he 
is  a  Eepublican  with  very  decided  views  of  party  principles,  and  very  little 
respect  for  the  methods  by  which  party  organization  is  generally  main- 
tained. As  an  attorney,  be  has  been  the  leading  counsel  in  many  of  the 
most  important  cases  in  the  Federal  and  State  Coui'ts,  and  has  had  a  large 
number  of  the  most  important  criminal  cases  in  the  last  few  years.  As  a 
journalist,  he  has  few  superiors,  being  a  ready  writer  and  dealing  tersely 
with  subjects  of  public  interest  and  importance,  and  discussing  all  ques- 
tions from  the  standpoint  of  fearless  disregard  of  party  consequences. 


HON.  THOMAS  O.  SHAW, 
Who  to-day  occupies  the  important  position  of  County  Judge  of  Marion 
coiinty,  was  born  near  Liberty,  Missouri,  on  the  23d  day  of  February,  1823. 
His  early  life  was  spent  on  the  farm  and  his  educational  advantages  were 
very  limited,  being  confined  wholly  to  the  inferior  common  schools  of  that 
early  day.  In  May,  18i4,  his  parents  started  across  the  plains  for  Oregon, 
reaching  The  Dalles  in  November  of  that  year.  They  remained  there  dur- 
ing the  winter  and  in  the  sijring  of  '45  started  down  the  Columbia.  In  the 
fall  of  that  year  his  father  rented  a  farm  near  Wheatland.  The  subject  of 
our  sketch  was  one  of  Col.  Gilliam's  party,  who  in  1846  endeavored  to  find 
a  pass  through  the  Cascade  mountains  in  Southern  Oregon.  On  his  return 
he  lived  for  a  short  time  with  his  uncle,  Mitchell  Gilliam,  near  Dallas,  and 
then  enlisted  in  Company  C,  First  Regiment  Oregon  Volunteers,  aud  was 
elected  Second  Lieutenant,  serving  v/ith  distinction  during  the  memorable 
Cayuse  war.  Returning  home  in  1850  he  remained  on  his  father's  farm  for 
a  short  time,  and  eventually  took  up  a  farm  of  his  own  on  Ho  wells  Prairie 
on  which  he  still  resides.  A  man  of  such  sterling  worth  as  Mr.  Shaw,  of 
course  occupied  a  prominent  place  in  the  estimation  of  his  neigiibors,  and  in 
1864  he  was  elected  County  Commissioner,  which  position  he  held  for  four 
years.    He  was  County  Assessor  from  1870  to  1874,  and  at  the  general  elec- 


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tion  in  the  latter  year  he  was  elected  Sherifl  and  discharged  the  responsi- 
ble duties  of  that  office  to  the  satisfaction  of  every  one  and  credit  to  him- 
self. At  the  last  general  election  he  was  elected  County  Judge,  and  is  dis- 
charging his  duty  without  fear  or  favor,  and  promises  to  make  as  faithful 
an  officer  as  he  has  in  the  past.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Josephine  Head- 
rick,  November  28,  1850,  and  they  have  four  children  living.  Judge  Shaw 
is  a  man  of  unblemished  reputation  and  stands  high  among  those  who  know 
him  for  his  integrity,  industry  and  unwavering  fidelity  to  the  best  interests 
of  the  public  he  has  so  frequently  and  honorably  served. 

HON.  E.  D.  SHATTUCK 
AVas  born  in  Bakersfield,  Franklin  county,  Vermont,  December  31,  1824. 
He  was  educated  in  academic  and  classical  studies  in  the  academies  of  Ma- 
lone  and  at  Bakersfield,  and  then  spent  four  years  in  college  at  Burlington, 
graduating  therefrom  in  1848.  During  a  great  portion  of  the  time  in  winter 
months  he  taught  school  to  procure  means  to  meet  his  college  expenses. 
After  he  graduated  he  followed  teaching  in  Bakersfield  Academy,  Vermont, 
for  one  year  ;  then  he  received  the  appointment  of  Associate  Principal  of 
Newman  Seminary,  Georgia ;  six  months  after  he  gave  up  this  position  and 
went  to  Laurel  Station,  Maryland,  and  taught  school  until  July,  1851.  At 
this  period  he  went  to  Malone,  New  York,  and  commenced  reading  law,  af- 
terwards going  to  New  York  City,  where  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  No- 
vember, 1852.  He  came  to  Oregon  in  February,  1853,  and  was  chosen  Pro- 
fessor of  Ancient  Languages  in  the  Pacific  University.  He  next  took  charge 
of  Tiialitan  Academy  for  two  years.  In  1855  he  was  elected  Superintendent 
of  Public  Schools  in  Washington  coimty,  and  in  1856  he  was  elected  Pro- 
bate Judge  for  the  same  county.  In  1857  he  was  chosen  delegate  to  the 
Constitutional  Convention,  and  after  the  adjournment  of  that  body  he  re- 
turned to  Portland  and  entered  into  a  law  copartnership  with  David  Logan. 
In  1858  he  was  elected  to  represent  Multnomah  and  Washington  counties 
in  the  last  session  of  the  Oregon  Territorial  Legislature.  He  was  one  of  the 
original  organizers  of  the  Portland  Library  Association.  At  different  peri- 
ods he  has  served  as  a  meml)er  of  the  Portland  City  Council  and  as 
a  member  of  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the  Portland  School  District. 
In  1862  he  was  elected  Judge  of  the  Supreme  Court  for  the  Fourth  District, 
which  office  he  held  for  five  years.  In  1874  he  was  again  elected  Judge  of 
the  Supreme  Court,  and  continued  in  office  until  the  organization  of  the 
courts  by  the  act  of  1878.  In  1853  Mr.  Shattuck  was  a  Whig.  He  afterwards 
joined  the  Republican  party  on  its  first  organization  in  this  State.  In  1870 
he  joined  the  Independent  movement,  and  worked  earnestly  and  efficiently 
against  the  then  existing  abuses  practiced  by  regular  party  nominees.  In 
1872  he  was  a  candidate  for  Presidential  Elector  on  the  Greeley-Democratic 
ticket.  Since  that  time,  while  still  claiming  to  be  an  independent,  he  has 
acted  and  voted  for  the  most  part  with  the  Democratic  party.  For  the  past 
year,  on  account  of  faiHng  health,  he  has  retired  from  the  practice  of  law  and 
from  pontics  and  engaged  in  agricultural  pursuits  on  his  farm,  near  Port- 
land.   In  1882  he  was  voted  for  for  Judge  of  the  Supreme  Court,  and  at  the 


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last  session  of  the  Legislature  received  a  flattering  vote  for  U.  S.  Senator 
His  name  was  presented  on  both  ocoasious  without  any  solicitation  or  de- 
sire to  be  elected  on  his  part,  as  he  feels  the  necessity  of  devoting  liimHelf  to 
the  peaceful  occupation  of  country  life  in  order  to  regain  his  strength  and 
vigor,  which  he  has  exhausted  on  the  bench  and  in  practice  at  the  bar.  In 
every  position  that  Judge  Shattuck  has  been  chosen  to  fill  during  Iiis  busy 
life,  he  has  always  been  guided  by  the  purest  motives,  and  firmly  adhered 
to  the  cause  of  truth  and  justice.  Both  as  judge  and  jurist  lie  has  few- 
equals  in  the  profession  of  law.  He  is  a  studious  reader,  a  profound  think- 
er and  an  earnest  and  logical  talker.  All  of  his  actions  through  life  have 
been  marked  by  his  judicious  combination  of  wisdom,  justice  and  mercy, 
and  therefore  he  has  always  enjoyed  the  confidence  and  higlicst  respect  of 
his  fellow  men  ;  and  as  his  life  has  been  an  almost  unceasingly  busy  and  en- 
nobling one  in  the  past,  it  is  safe  to  predict  that,  after  he  has  sufficiently 
recuperated  at  his  rural  home,  there  will  be  places  and  positions  of  trust 
awaiting  his  guiding  influence  and  executive  abilitv. 


HON.    GEORGE    H.    BURNETT, 

Who  during  the  session  of  the  Legislative  Assembly  just  closed  filled  the 
important  and  laborious  office  of  Assistant  Clerk  of  the  House  of  Kepre- 
sentatives,  is  a  full-fledged  Oregonian,  having  been  born  and  raised  in  Yam- 
hill county,  where,  it  is  claimed  by  many,  all  smart  men  originate.  It  was 
near  McMinnville,  on  the  9th  day  of  May,  1853,  that  Mr.  Burnett  made  his 
debut  on  the  world's  stage  of  action.  He  was  reared  on  a  farm  until  he  was 
nine  years  of  age,  when  his  parents  moved  into  town.  In  the  fall  of  1871  he 
entered  the  Christian  College  at  Monmouth  and  graduated  in  June,  1873, 
delivering  the  Greek  salutatory  on  that  occasion.  He  taught  school  at  Sher- 
idan for  about  six  months  in  1874,  and  in  the  fall  of  that  year  went  to  Salem 
to  pursue  the  study  of  law,  entering  the  office  of  Mallory  &  Shaw  for  that 
purpose.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  December,  1875,  and  the  following 
year  was  elected  Prosecuting  Attorney  of  the  Third  District,  his  opponent 
being  Hon.  W.  M.  Ramsey.  During  his  two  years'  service  in  that  office  he 
displayed  rare  legal  ability,  and  was  considered  a  very  efficient  oflicer.  In 
1878  he  formed  a  partnership  with  Hon.  J.  J.  Shaw,  of  Salem,  with  Avhom  he 
is  still  associated  in  the  practice  of  his  profession.  He  was  elected  a  mem- 
ber of  the  City  Council  in  1880  and  wa&  one  of  the  most  active  and  influen- 
tial members  of  that  body.  He  was  married  December  31, 1879,  to  Miss  Myra 
Belt,  of  Salem.  Mr.  Burnett  is  a  Past  Grand  of  Chemeketa  Lodge  No.  1,  I. 
O.  O.  F.,  and  one  of  the  most  active  members  of  the  Salem  Fire  Depart- 
ment, being  at  the  present  time  foreman  of  Capital  Engine  Co.  No,  1.  He 
is  a  consistent  Republican  at  all  times  and  under  all  circumstances.  As  an 
attorney,  he  is  careful  and  painstaking,  guarding  with  zealous  care  the  in- 
terests of  his  clients,  and  by  the  bench  and  bar  is  considered  an  able,  influ- 
ential and  conscientious  advocate  of  the  law.  He  is  still  a  hard  student  and 
ambitious  to  win  honors  by  the  pure  force  of  meritorious  intellect,  and  we 
bespeak  for  him  unqualified  success. 


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CAPTAIN    FRELON    JESSE    BABCOCK 

Was  born  in  Burke,  Caledonia  county,  Vermont,  June  14,  1843,  wliere  he 
spent  bis  youth  and  young  raanhood  until  Jtay,  1861,  when  the  tocsin  of 
war  sounded,  and  although  scarce  eighteen  years  of  age,  he  enlisted  as  a 
private  in  the  Third  Vermont  and  went  to  the  wars.  Mr.  Babcock's  record 
as  a  soldier  of  the  Union  is  way  above  the  average,  and  one  that  he  can  be 
justly  proud  of.  He  was  wounded  three  times  during  his  service,  once  at 
Antietam  and  twice  at  the  battle  of  the  Wilderness.  He  rose  from  the  ranks 
to  First  Lieutenant  and  was  for  some  time  Adjutant  of  his  regiment.  For 
meritorious  services  while  A.  A.  G.  on  General  L.  F.  Haskell's  staff,  he 
was  promoted  to  the  full  rank  of  Captain.  Captain  Babcock  participated 
in  nearly  all  of  the  great  battles  fought  by  the  Army  of  the  Potomac 
from  Yorktown  to  the  surrender  at  Appomatox  Court  House  of  the  Army 
of  Virginia.  After  Lee's  surrender  he  was  sent  with  Sheridan's  command 
to  Texas,  where  he  remained  until  he  was  mustered  out  in  October,  1865. 
In  1868  Mr.  Babcock  came  to  Salem,  Oregon,  where  he  has  since  resided. 
In  1871  he  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Ida  M.  Pratt,  a  most  estimable 
ladv,  daughter  of  Capt.  L.  E.  Pratt.  Capt.  Babcock  was  one  of  the  charter 
members  of  Pacific  Lodge,  No.  40,  of  A.  F.  and  A.  M.  of  Salem;  is  also  a 
bright  Chapter  Mason,  a  Commandery  Mason,  and  is  at  present  Grand  Sec- 
retary of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Oregon.  His  occupation  is  that  of  fine  cabi- 
net-making, and  his  artistic  work  may  be  found  in  the  Senate  Chamber, 
Supreme  Court  rooms  and  department  olfices  at  the  capitol.  Although  in 
person  he  is  small,  he  possesses  a  wonderful  amount  of  vitality  and  is  "  sure 
fire"  for  anv  task  he  undertakes. 


HON.    J.    W.    WHALLEY. 

The  gentleman  whose  name  is  the  title  of  this  biographical  sketch  was  born 
at  Granville,  near  AuDapolis,  Nova  Scotia,  April  28, 1833.  His  father  was  rector 
of  the  parish,  and  both  of  his  parents  were  well  educated  people  of  ancient 
and  respectable  families,  his  father  being  Englisli  and  his  mother  Welsh. 
The  family  left  Nova  Scotia  and  went  to  England  in  1835,  and  resided  for  a 
time  at  Garstang,  in  Lancashire,  then  removed  to  New  Hutton,  in  Westmore- 
land, and  thence  Old  Hutton,  of  which  his  father  was  afterwards  perpetual 
incumbent.  Here,  amid  the  wild  and  grand  scenery  and  beautiful  lakes  of 
the  north  he  lived  until  thirteen  years  of  age,  pursuing  his  studies  with  his 
father.  At  the  early  age  of  nine  years  he  was  reading  Cresar,  and  0\dd  at 
ten.  Unable  to  educate  all  of  bis  children  in  the  learned  professions,  J.  W. 
Whalley  was  apprenticed  by  his  fatlier  to  Captain  Grundell,  master  of  the 
good  ship  Speed  in  March,  1846,  and  sailed  from  Liverpool  for  New  York 
the  same  month.  Arriving  in  that  city,  where  he  had  respectable  and 
wealthy  relations,  he  ran  away  and  went  to  New  Brunswick,  New  Jersey. 
Here  he  remained,  at  the  home  of  Mr.  Adrain,  afterwards  U.  S.  Senator  from 
that  State  and  a  stepson  of  bis  grandmother,  until  the  ship  sailed,  when  he 
returned  to  New  York  and  entered  the  office  of  his  uncle,  Mr.  Thomas  Jones, 
the  author  of  an  excellent  treatise  on  bookkeeping,  a  teacher  of  that 
science,  and  often  employed  in  settling  matter  of  complicated  accounts. 


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Remaining  with  his  uncle  about  eighteen  months,  he  obtainea  an  excellent 
mercantile  education.  At  this  period  of  his  history,  Mr.  Whalley's  father 
insisted  on  his  return  to  Enirland,  and,  obedient  to  the  paternal  snnirnons,  be 
sailed  for  the  Old  World  early  in  1848,  where  he  remained  until  184!),  when, 
finding  the  prospect  for  the  future  gloomy  in  conseiiueuce  of  the  pecuniary 
embarrassment  of  his  father  he  determined  to  go  to  sea  and  seek  his  foituue 
in  the  East  Indies.  Arriving  in  Liverpool,  and  hearing  of  the  gold  fields 
of  California,  he  determined  to  become  an  argonaut.  Concealing  tlie  mat- 
ter from  his  father,  he  saw  the  old  gentleman  ofl"  on  one  Saturday  morning, 
to  attend  to  his  every-day  duties,  and  went  immediately  imd  bound  himiself 
to  the  owner  of  the  ship  Antelope,  bound  for  California  as  api)rentice  boy. 
He  arrived  in  San  Francisco  in  July,  1849,  and  going  to  the  mines  he  fol- 
lowed a  miner's  life  with  the  varying  fortune  incident  thereto  mitil  18.")8. 
He  began  teaching  school  in  Siskiyou  county,  California,  reading  law  at  the 
same  time  with  Captain  Fair  and  Hon.  Joseph  Roseborough,  of  Yreka,  and 
was  duly  admitted  to  practice  at  the  bar  in  1861,  after  passing  a  good  ex- 
amination, but  deferred  entering  into  active  practice  until  1864.  He  was 
married  in  1865.  During  the  time  he  was  teaching  and  studying  he  con- 
tributed to  the  columns  of  the  "Hesperian"  and  of  the  local  press,  his  pro- 
ductions being  mostly  poetical,  exhibiting  rare  geniiis,  and  many  of  which 
were  extensively  copied.  In  1864  he  left  California  and  came  to  Oregon. 
Settling  first  in  Grant  county,  he  began  practice  and  soon,  by  honest  deal- 
ing and  strict  attention  to  biisiness,  he  built  up  a  lucrative  practice.  In 
18G8  Mr.  Whalley  came  to  Portland  and  began  the  practice  of  his  profession 
with  Mr.  Fechheimer  (who  was  his  student  while  in  Grant  county)  as  his 
partnei-.  The  firm  has  been  very  successful.  They  made  the  bankrupt  law 
of  1867  a  specialty,  and  most  of  the  business  in  that  department  of  the  legal 
practice  came  into  their  hands.  In  1870  Mr.  Whalley  was  elected  a  member 
of  the  Lower  House  of  the  Oregon  State  Legislature  by  the  Republicans,  and 
served  one  term,  when  be  retired  altogether  from  political  life,  devoting  his 
whole  attention  thereafter  to  his  profession,  of  which  he  is  master.  In  1872 
he  was  elei^ted  Grand  Representative  to  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the  United 
States  I.  O.  O.  F.,  which  met  at  Baltimore,  and  embraced  the  opportunity  to 
visit  his  old  home  in  Europe,  and  he  contemplates  making  another  journey 
across  the  Atlantic  during  the  coming  year.  Mr.  Whalley  is  a  ripe  scliolar, 
devoted  to  elegant  literature  and  the  classics,  and  possessed  of  rare  fluency 
as  a  speaker,  either  conversational  or  oratorical.  He  is  a  true  and  devoted 
friend  to  those  worthy  of  his  esteem,  and  a  dangerous  antagonist  to  those 
who  incur  his  righteous  displeasure.  Being  still  in  the  prime  of  manhood, 
and  possessed  of  an  easy  fortune,  his  prospects  for  many  years  of  active  use- 
fulness are  far  above  those  allotted  to  the  average  of  mankind. 


HON.    O.    S.    SAVAGE. 

This  name  is  familiar  to  almost  every  resident  of  Eastern  Oregon,  and  es- 
pecially to  those  of  Wasco  county,  where  he  has  resided  for  years  past,  and 
where,  by  the  votes  of  the  people,  he  has  been  elected  time  and  time  again 
to  positions  of  responsibility  and  trust.     He  was  born  in  Li.sbon,  Grafton 


162  EEPRESENTATIVE    MEN    OF    OREGON. 


county,  New  Hampshire,  in  1825.  He  moved  to  Boston  in  1842,  where  he 
continued  to  reside  until  1851.  He  came  to  this  coast  in  1852,  and  settled 
in  California,  where  he  remained  until  1857,  when  he  came  to  Oregon  and 
took  up  his  residence  at  The  Dalles,  where  he  has  resided  ever  since.  He 
represented  Wasco  county  in  the  Legislature  of  1870,  and  assisted  in  carry- 
ing out  most  of  the  important  legislation  of  that  session.  He  was  elected 
County  Judge  of  his  county  in  1876,  and  re-elected  in  1880.  In  this  position 
he  has  displayed  marked  executive  and  financial  ability,  and  administered 
the  affairs  of  that  county  honestly,  economically,  and  without  fear  or  favor. 
He  has  made  a  few  enemies,  it  is  true,  but  his  disposition  of  aggressive- 
ness would  naturally  create  these,  and  being  a  man  who  always  leads, 
and  never  follows,  he  rarely  affords  them  an  opportunity  of  doing  him 
an  injury.  He  is  well  thought  of,  however,  by  the  better  class  of  citizens, 
and  none  presume  to  question  his  honesty  and  integrity.  He  is  an  un- 
compromising Democrat,  and  a  man  of  family. 

WILLIAM  A.  HART, 
The  present  Chief  Engineer  of  the  Portland  Fire  Department,  was  born 
in  Albany,  New  York,  October  12,  1852,  and  is  the  youngest  man  who  has 
been  elected  to  that  position  in  this  city.  He  was  educated  in  the  schools 
of  New  York  until  he  was  eighteen  years  old.  He  came  to  Portland  in 
1870,  and  since  that  time  has  taken  a  prominent  interest  in  fire  matters. 
In  recognition  of  his  labors  in  behalf  of  the  department,  he  was  honored 
with  the  position  of  Assistant  Engineer  in  the  years  1875-6-7,  and  in 
1881  was  elected  Chief  Engineer  by  the  largest  majority  ever  given  to  a 
candidate  for  that  office.  Since  he  has  been  Chief  Engineer  he  has  had 
several  very  difficult  fires  to  contend  with,  and  he  handled  the  department 
so  ably  that  he  has  invariably  won  the  praise  of  property  holders  and  in- 
surance companies,  and  the  press  of  the  city  has  been  unanimous  in  praise 
of  his  management  of  the  department.  He  was  presented  with  a  hand- 
some gold  medal  for  the  ability  he  displayed  in  extinguishing  the  fire  on 
First  street,  between  A  and  B,  when  the  department  was  lal)oriug  under 
great  disadvantage  by  reason  of  defective  hose.  Chief  Hart  was  at  one  time 
connected  with  the  State  militia,  hsving  been  captain  of  the  City  Rifles 
for  many  years.  During  the  period  that  he  had  command  of  that  company 
it  enjoyed  its  greatest  popularity,  as  it  invariably  won  all  the  prizes  for 
drilling,  etc.,  for  which  it  contested.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Maggie 
Lynch,  of  San  Francisco,  in  December,  1880,  and  we  may  reasonably  expect 
that  he  will  retain  his  popularity  in  the  additional  responsible  position  of 
husband  and  father. 


CHARLES    P,    BACON. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  who  to-day  is  considered  one  of  the  solid  men 
of  Portland,  and  possesses  the  well-merited  confidence  and  esteem  of  its 
citizens,  was  born  in  Candor,  Tioga  county,  New  York,  April  15,  1823.  He 
moved  with  his  parents  to  Coldwater,  Michigan,  in  1841  and  to  Illinois  in 
1847.    In  1850  he  crossed  the  plains  and  came  to  Oregon  and  settled  in 


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Portland,  where  he  has  resided  ever  since.  He  went  into  the  livery  Imsi- 
ness  in  February,  1853,  and  for  several  years  condncted  a  drayinK  and  de- 
livery business  in  connection  therewith.  He  was  also  interested  in  the  sad- 
dlery and  harness  business  with  the  late  Samuel  Sherlock,  Es(j.,  for  some 
time.  He  is  now  farming  and  raising  horses  in  connection  with  his  husi- 
ness  as  proprietor  of  the  elegant  Black  Hawk  stables,  on  Second  street  be- 
tween Stark  and  Oak.  By  judicious  investments  and  a  thorougii  knowledge 
of  business  principles,  Mr.  Bacon  has  succeeded  in  amassing  sufTicient  of 
this  world's  goods  to  enable  him  now  to  enjoy  life,  and  his  love  for  his  fam- 
ily and  liome  enable  him  to  do  so  without  ostentation,  but  with  none  the 
less  intensity.  He  is  a  Republican,  but  has  never  taken  a  very  active  in- 
terest in  politics.  He  was  elected  City  Assessor  of  Portland  in  IH.%  and 
Collector  in  1856,  and  at  the  last  general  election  was  elected  County  Ciim- 
missioner  by  a  very  handsome  majority.  He  was  married  in  Portland  Jan- 
uary 17,  1855,  to  Clara  A.  Clark, formerly  of  Warren,  Maine,  and  their  family 
consists  of  two  children,  the  eldest,  a  daughter,  being  the  Avife  of  (leorge 
W.  Weidler,  Esq.  Mr.  Bacon  comes  of  good  Connecticut  stock,  his  father 
and  mother.  Dr.  and  Mrs.  William  Bacon,  now  of  Niles,  Michigan,  being 
both  alive  and  enjoying  good  health  at  the  advanced  age  of  eighty-fight 
years,  having  been  married  sixty-eight  years  next  February.  Mr.  Bacon  is 
highly  esteemed  by  those  who  know  him  best  and  honored  and  respected 
by  all. 


REV.  L.  J.  POWELL,  A.  M., 
Late  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction  for  the  State  of  On^(.t)n,  and 
now  President  of  the  University  of  Washington  Territory,  has  in  his  life 
that  kind  of  a  record  which,  to  read  and  understand,  explains  the  forces 
that  have  made  the  "  Wilderness  bud  and  blossom  as  the  rose."  He  was 
born  May  19,  1834,  near  Piketon,  in  Kentucky.  His  parents  were  David 
and  Almedia  Hurless  Powell.  In  1837  these  parents  removed  to  ffec  then 
extreme  Westei-n  frontier,  and  settled  in  Cass  county,  Missouri,  where  they 
remained  until  the  spring  of  1847.  The  training  of  these  ten  years  was  al- 
most altogether  in  the  line  of  farm  work,  amidst  the  inevitable  deprivations 
of  frontier  life.  'One  pair  of  shoes  a  year,  made  by  his  father  out  of  leather 
tanned  by  himself,  and  a  limited  wardrobe  made  out  of  cloth  for  which  his 
mother's  hands  had  carded,  spun  and  woven  the  wool,  and  then  had  cut 
and  made  the  garments,  a  holy  ministry  of  work  and  love  to  the  boy.  Few 
were  the  opportunities  for  learning,  and  consequently  little  the  education 
of  these  ten  years.  In  1847  the  star  of  Oregon  was  just  arising  in  th»^  west, 
and  Mr.  David  Powell  saw  it,  and  started  with  his  family  to  follow  its  guiding 
ray  across  the  then  trackless  desert.  The  hardships  and  dangers  of  the  journey 
of  half  a  year  were  too  many  to  attempt  here  to  record.  Late  in  the 
Autumn,  weary  and  worn,  the  family  arrived  in  the  Willamette  Valley,  and 
settled  about  seven  miles  east  of  Portland,  where  the  father,  H»ii.  David 
PoweU,  still  lives,  respected  by  his  fellow-citizens  and  beloved  b>  his  inti- 
mate friends.  In  the  Spring  of  1848,  May  28,  came  the  sad  shadow  of  his 
mother's  death  over  the  life  of  young  Leonard.    To  him  sbe  was  not  a 


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mother  ouly,  but  her  motherhood  was  of  that  rare  type  that  leaves  a  grow- 
ing impress  of  good  on  the  life  of  the  son  as  long  as  he  lives.  On  the  5th 
dav  of  July,  1845,  she  had  received  the  boy's  promise  never  to  taste  intoxi- 
cating liquors.  On  her  dying  bed  she  gave  him  further  charge  to  procure 
an  education,  and  do  all  the  good  he  could  in  the  world.  These  promises  have 
been  the  guide  of  all  his  after  life;  the  pledge  has  been  kept  sacred,  the  charge 
he  has  sought  and  is  seeking  to  meet.  At  the  age  of  fifteen,  he,  hardly  yet 
more  than  a  child,  went  to  California,  where  he  spent  a  year  working  in  the 
mines.  When  he  returned  he  put  into  his  father's  hand  .^1,000,  as  the  re- 
sult of  his  year's  toil.  At  the  age  of  seventeen  there  was  a  new  awakening 
within  him.  He  found  himself  totally  unable  to  write,  and  able  to  read 
ouly  very  poorly  in  the  third  reader.  In  his  association  with  men  in  the 
mines  of  California,  many  of  whom  were  highly  educated  and  intelligent, 
he  learned  that  edin?atioa  would  be  to  him  worth  more  than  gold.  He 
accordingly  entered  tne  Portland  Academy,  where,  under  the  direction  of 
C.  S.  Kingsley,  one  of  the  most  competent  instructors  as  also  one  of  the 
most  useful  men  of  early  Portland  history,  he  prepared  for  college.  During 
the  Indian  war  of  1855  and  1856,  he  served  five  months  as  a  private  in  Com- 
pany C,  First  Regiment  Oregon  Mounted  Volunteers;  three  months  as  First 
Lieutenant  of  Captain  W.  8.  Buckley's  Company  of  Multnomah  county 
Rangers,  and  a  short  time  as  Captain  of  a  company  of  volunteers,  raised  in 
the  city  of  Portland  to  relieve  the  Cascades  at  tlie  time  of  the  great  massa- 
cre there  in  1856.  Here  he  was  associated  with  Lieutenant  Phil.  Sheridan, 
afterwards  and  now  the  famous  general.  Young  Powell  entered  the 
Wesleyan  University,  Delaware,  Ohio,  from  which  institution  he  graduated 
with  honor  in  1861.-  Returning  to  Oregon  in  the  Fall  of  that  year,  on  the 
22d  day  of  December,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Martha  Ransom,  of  Yamhill 
county,  and  went  immediately  to  the  Willamette  University  as  a  teacher  in 
the  Academic  Department.  The  next  year  he  was  elected  to  the  chair  of 
mathematics  in  the  University,  and  held  that  position  with  honor  to  him- 
self and  great  benefit  to  the  institution  for  fourteen  years.  For  one  year 
he  was  princii^al  of  the  Tualatin  Academy  at  Forest  Grove,  and  for  two 
years  was  President  of  the  Albany  Collegiate  Institute.  While  serving  in 
this  capacity  he  was  nominated  by  the  Republican  State  Convention  in  1878 
for  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction  for  the  State,  and  at  the  election 
in  June  of  that  year  was  chosen  to  that  highly  honorable  position,  He 
served  the  cause  of  education  in  this  office  four  years,  giving  the  benefit  of 
his  large  practical  experience  and  wide  observation  to  it  without  stint. 
During  his  term,  and  under  his  labors,  the  cause  of  popular  education  in 
Oregon  received  an  impetus,  and  was  placed  on  a  basis  it  had  never  before 
attained.  At  the  close  of  his  term  in  this  office  he  was  called  to  the  Presi- 
dency of  the  University  of  Washington  Territory,  one  of  the  most  honora- 
ble and  useful  educational  positions  on  the  coast,  which  position  he  now 
occupies.  Mr.  Powell  is  a  man  of  medium  height,  but  of  large,  compact 
and  powerful  frame,  immense  vital  powers  supply  unlimited  energy  to  his 
mind,  and  enable  him  to  do  most  manly  work  in  a  most  manly  way.  At 
middle  life,  much  as  he  has  been  able  to  do  in  the  past,  more  and  grander 


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is  before  him.  Self-made,  he  is  yet  well  made,  and  weariiij:  without  ostoii- 
tation  the  honor  of  work  well  done,  he  is  sure  to  reach  the  honor  of  better 
work  more  nobly  done  in  the  future.  He  has  long  been  a  member  and  min- 
ister of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church. 


PROFESSOR    I.    W.    PRATT 

Was  born  in  Waterloo,  Seneca  county.  New  York,  March  17,  IWW,  au.i  was 
the  fourth  son  of  a  family  of  ten  children.  His  father  was  a  descendant  of 
Matthew  Pralt,  one  of  the  early  Pilgrims  to  Massachusetts.  The  family  re- 
moved to  Ohio  early  in  the  '40s  and  located  on  the  Western  lieserve,  where 
the  then  coming  Professor  spent  most  of  bis  minority  upon  a  faini,  receiv- 
ing only  a  common  school  education.  He  graduated  at  Norwalk  Academy, 
at  the  age  of  twenty  years,  and  followed  railroading  on  Mad  River  and 
Lake  Erie  railroad  for  three  years,  advancing  from  brakeman  to  engineer. 
In  1860  he  chose  teaching  as  a  profession  and  took  a  normal  course  in 
Michigan.  In  1862  he  came  to  California  and  taiight  successfully  in  El 
Dorado  county  until  1867,  when  he  came  to  Oregon.  Here  he  entered  Jigain 
upon  the  duties  of  his  profession,  soon  after  his  arrival,  in  East  I'ortland. 
In  April,  1869,  he  took  charge  of  Harrison-street  school,  in  the  city  of  Port- 
land, where  he  still  remains.  He  is  the  only  teacher  who  has  remained 
continuously  in  the  public  schools  of  the  city  since  that  date.  Professor 
Pratt  was  married  to  Sophia  C,  eldest  daughter  of  Peter  Taylor,  of  Port- 
land, July  14,  1874.  He  has  served  eight  years  on  the  State  Board  of  Ed- 
ucation, and  has  been  appointed  for  another  term  of  four  years.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Masonic  fraternity,  his  relation  with  that  organization  be- 
ginning in  1865.  In  1869  he  helped  organize  and  was  first  W.  M.  of  Wash- 
ington Lodge,  No.  46,  A.  F.  and  A.  M.  in  East  Portland.  He  received 
Chapter  and  Templar  degrees  in  Portland  in  1875-7.  ■  In  1872  he  took  the 
degrees  of  the  Ancient  and  Accepted  Scottish  Rite,  and  in  1878  was  elected 
to  and  received  the  thirty-third  and  last  degree  of  this  Rite,  with  Hon.  R.  P. 
Earhart  and  Dr.  E.  L  Bailey,  Medical  Director  of  the  Department  of  the 
Columbia,  by  the  Supreme  Council  for  the  Southern  jurisdiction  of  the 
United  States,  which  met  in  that  year  in  the  city  of  Washington,  D.  C.  He 
was  elected  Grand  Secretary  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Oregon  for  1879.  At 
the  present  time  he  is  Master  of  Portland  Lodge,  No.  55,  High  Priest  of 
Portland  Royal  Arch  Chapter,  No.  3,  Captain  General  of  Oregon  Com- 
mandery  Knights  Templar,  No.  1,  and  the  presiding  officer  in  all  tlie  b  nlies 
of  the  Ancient  and  Accepted  Scottish  Rite. 


JOSEPH  BAOHMAN, 
Of  the  firm  of  J.  Bachman  &  Bro.,  is  one  of  the  lively  and  energetic  men 
whose  interests  are  solely  identified  with  the  city  of  Portland.  He  liii«  Ijeen 
a  resident  of  this  city  for  the  past  twenty  years,  and  expects,  if  spared  by 
Providence,  to  put  in  at  least  twenty  years  more  in  the  same  place.  He 
has,  however,  little  dread  of  the  hereafter,  as  he  is  so  well  covered  with  in- 
surance  in  this  world  that  he  has  assurance  enough  that  fire  will  not  affect 


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him  iu  the  next.  At  the  present  time  he  is  agent  for  the  ConnectieiTt,  North 
British  and  Mercantile,  German-American,  Scottish  Union  and  National, 
Lion,  of  London,  Hamburg  and  Magdenburg  insurance  companies.  He  is 
also  marine  agent,  and  represents  the  Fireman's  Fund  Insurance  Company. 
The  fact  that  so  many  responsible  companies  entrust  their  business  in  his 
hands  is  sufficient  to  show  the  standing  in  which  he  is  held  by  business 
men  abroad,  and  we  take  pleasure  in  testifying  to  his  popularity  at  home. 
He  is  a  pleTisant  gentleman,  always  willing  to  take  a  risk,  and  issue  a  policy 
to  his  neighbor,  and  no  one  is  ever  dissatisfied  in  doing  business  with  him. 


HON.  B.  F.  BONHAM. 
But  few,  if  an>',  stand  higher  socially,  morally,  or  in  the  estimation  of  his 
neighbors  and  friends  in  this  commonwealth  than  the  subject  of  this  sketch. 
His  name  is  a  synonym  for  all  that  is  true  and  honorable  in  a  man  and  fel- 
low citizen.  Judge  Bonham  was  born  in  East  Tennessee  October  8,  1828, 
■  and  removed  with  his  parents  to  Indiana  in  1840.  In  1853  he  crossed  the 
plains  to  Oregon  and  settled  near  Parkersville,  on  French  Prairie,  in  Ma- 
rion county,  where  he  taught  school  for  one  year;  removing  from  there  in 
1854  to  Salem,  where  he  has  since  resided,  with  the  exception  of  two  years 
spent  at  La  Grande,  in  Union  county.  In  January,  1856,  he  was  elected 
Auditor  of  the  Territory  and  Librarian,  and  held  these  positions  until  the 
admission  of  Oregon  as  a  State  in  1859.  Jtidge  Bonham  was  elected  a 
member  of  the  last  Territorial  and  the  first  State  Legislature  of  Oregon  in 
1858.  The  same  year  he  was  married  to  a  daughter  of  Mr.  John  Baker, 
near  Salem.  In  1870  was  elected  from  the  Third  Judicial  District  as  one  of 
the  Justices  of  the  Suijreme  Court  of  Oregon  and  ex-officio  Circuit  Judge 
of  said  district  for  six  years,  and  was  Chief  Justice  of  the  State  from  1874 
until  the  close  of  his  term.  He  was  admitted  to  the  practice  of  law  by  the 
Territorial  Supreme  Court  in  1856,  and  has  followed  his  profession  closely 
since  that  date,  and  is  to-day  considered  one  of  the  ablest  lawyers  and 
jurists  on  the  coast.  Judge  Bonham  has  been  a  life-long,  straightforward 
and  consistent  Democrat,  and  on  the  closing  day  of  the  memorable  Sena- 
torial contest  in  Oregon  in  1882  received  the  vote  of  his  party  for  the  United 
States  Senate. 


HON.  BEN  SIMPSON. 
In  the  armed  band  of  State-builders,  who,  catching  the  earhest  rays  of 
that  regal  star  which  the  prophetic  spirit  of  poesy  discovered  long  ago  as 
the  leader  of  advancing  civilization,  followed  its  course  to  the  western  verge 
of  the  continent  and  laid  the  foundations  of  the  ultimate  piUar  of  Union, 
few  are  deserving  of  more  honorable  mention  than  Hon.  Ben  Simpson,  at 
present  holding  the  important  office  of  United  States  Postal  Inspecior  for 
this  district.  He  first  saw  the  light  in  the  grand  old  commonwealth  of 
Tennessee  in  the  year  1818.  His  parents  immigrated  to  Missouri  in  1820, 
and  in  that  then  bold  border  State  he  resided  until  1846,  the  year  of  his 
departure  for  Oregon.    In  the  interval,  1839,  he  was  married  to  a  young 


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lady  named  Wisdom,  whose  deatli   two  years  later  lelt  iiiiu  a  widower,  with 
one  child,  John  Thomas,  as  the  fruit  of  their  brief  union.     In  1848  he  wbh 
married  to  Miys  Nancy  Cooper,  a  srand-dauKhter  of  Colonel  Cooper,  the 
companion  and  ally  of  Daniel  Boone  in  the  settlement  of  Kentucky,  and 
who  afterward  settled  in  Missouri  and  built  what  was  known  as  Cooper's 
Fort,  in  Howard  county,  a  famous  citadel  of  the  pioneers  in  the  early  In- 
dian wars.     In  1846,  as  soon  as  the  skies  be^an  to  clear,  accompanied  by 
his  wife  and  three  children    John  T.,  Sylvester  C.  and  Sam  L.  -  he  set  out 
on  the  memorable  journey  across  the  plains,  borne,  with  all  his  household 
goods  and  gods,  by  slow  but  true  and  patient  oxen.    He  acted  as  captain  of 
his  company,  numbering  about  one  himdred  and  fifty  souls,  on  the  long 
and  weary  route,  and  they  crossed  the  Cascades  in  October,  by  the  Barlow 
road,  arriving  at  Foster's,  on  this  side,  the  15th  of  the  month,  nearly  six 
months  from  the  time  they  left  Missouri.     Inured  to  hard  labor  from  his 
earliest  boyhood,  and  bold,  aggressive  and  persevering  by  nature,  Mr.  Simp- 
son was  little  daunted  by  the  frowning  aspect  of  fortune  on  his  arrival  iu 
Oregon:  a  wilderness  to  encounter,  a  young  family  to  care  for,  no  money  in 
his  pocket  and  little  food  in  the  larder;  but,  having  found  shelter  for  his 
household,  shouldered  his  ax  and  sought  and  found  a  job  of  rail-makuig  in 
order  to  secure  the  necessaries  of  life.     The  winters  of  '46  and  '47  were 
spent  at  Oregon  City.    Early  in  the  spring  of  the  latter  year  he  removed  to 
French  Prairie  and  engaged  in  husbandry.    Thence,  in  1848,  he  went  to 
Clackamas  City  and  gave  his  attention  to  lumbering  and  merchandising, 
succeeding  well  in  both  branches  of  business.    Then  came  the  Whitman 
massacre  and  the  Cayuse  war.     Mr.  Simpson  promptly  volunteered  and 
served  imder  Colonel  Gilliam,  and  participated  iu  the  first  general  battle  at 
Well  Springs.     While  residing  at  Clackamas  City  he  was  elected  to  the 
Second  Territorial  liegislature  as  a  member  of  the  House.     About  this  time 
the  rush  to  California  began,  and  Mr.  Simpson  made  a  sailing  voyage  to 
San  Francisco,  then  a  cluster  of  dirty  tents  and  rude  shanties,  taking  with 
him  a  cargo  of  lumber,  which  he  sold  at  fabulous  figures.    On  his  return  he 
sold  out  his  business  in  Clackamas  City  and  moved  to  Parke^s^^lle,  where 
he  also  engaged  in  merchandising  and  the  manufacture  of  lumber.     During 
the  time  he  built  and  launched  at  Fairfield — a  little  town  on  the  river,  in 
Marion  county — the  second  large  steamer  ever  constructed  above  the  Falls— 
the  Oregon.     While   at   Parkersville  he   was  elected  to  represent  Marion 
county  in  the  House,  and  afterwards  in  the  Council  of  the  Territorial  Leg- 
islature.    To  follow  up  his  legislation  at  this  point,  we  note  that  he  was  a 
Representative  from  Polk  at  the  outbreak  of  the  war,  and  assisted  in  the 
election  of  B.  F.  Harding  to  the  United  States  Senate.    In  the  Legislature 
of  1872  he  was  a  Representative  from  Benton  county  and  strongly  cham- 
pioned the  cause  of  the  successful  Senatorial  candidate,  Hon.  J.  H.  Mitchell. 
Beyond  this  his  business  and  olficial  experience  has  been  varied  and  ex- 
tensive.    He  served  several  years  as  post  sutler  and  Indian  trader  at  Fort 
Yamhill,  during  the  time  that  the  present  General  Phil.  SJieridan  was  at- 
tached to  the  post  as  a  Second  Lieutenant  and  Post  Quartermaster.     He 
was  afterward  appointed  Indian  Agent  for  the  Siletz  Reservation,  where  he 


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served  for  eight  years  acceptably,  before  the  wild  tribes  had  lost  the  verve 
of  the  war-trail.  At  the  close  of  his  official  term  he  went  to  Yaquiaa  Bay 
and  erected  the  steam  saw-mills  at  Oneatta  and  resumed  the  old  Ime  of 
goods  and  lumber,  building  two  handsome  schooners  to  ship  the  latter  pro- 
duct to  San  Francisco.  He,  also,  at  one  time  ovmed  a  saw-miU  at  Santiam 
Citv,  sold  drv  goods  and  groceries  in  Salem,  and  has,  in  fact,  led  an  active 
and  enterprising  life.  He  was  appointed  Surveyor  General  of  the  State  m 
1872,  and  held  the  position  four  years.  Mr.  Simpson  has  nine  children  by 
his  present  wife,  four  daughters  and  five  sons.  Three  daughters  and  two 
sons  are  graduates  of  the  Willamette  University.  Sometimes  the  favorite 
andagainthejestof  fortune,  he  is  still  at  the  front  in  the  strength  of  a 
storm-toughened  age,  a  fast  friend  and  a  fearless  foe,  giving  yet  the  promise 
of  many  years  of  usefulness. 


JOSEPH    BUOHTEL. 

The  genial,  energetic  .Jo  Buchtel  is  a  good  representative  Oregonian. 
He  was  born  in  Stark  county,  Ohio,  November  22,  1830,  and  moved  to  Ur- 
bana,  Champaign  county,  Illinois,  in  1839.  He  obtained  such  an  education 
as  was  then  afforded  by  the  public  schools  of  Ohio  and  Illinois.  Quite  early 
he  was  put  at  the  tailor's  trade,  but  not  liking  the  sedentary  life,  engaged 
as  clerk  in  a  dry  goods  store,  afterwards  worked  on  a  farm  and  then  went 
into  the  daguerreotype  business.  Left  Urbana  for  Oregon  April  2,  1852, 
managing  an  ox  team  in  the  I.  R.  Moores  emigrant  train.  He  first  stepped 
foot  in  the  then  little  village  of  Portland  September  18,  1852.  Worked  for 
Colonel  Backenstos,  helped  load  the  Charles  Deveus  with  lumber,  and  then 
went  to  Oregon  City,  and  soon  after  commenced  his  remarkable  career  at 
steamboating  on  the  Upper  Willamette  river  during  the  winter  months.  In 
the  summer,  when  the  water  was  too  low  for  na^^gatiou,  he  run  a  daguerreo- 
type gallery  in  difi'erent  places,  including  Oregon  City,  Astoria,  Lafayette 
and  Portland.  It  was  while  engaged  as  steward  and  in  other  capacities 
that  he  displayed  many  of  those  remarkable  traits  of  bravery  and  courage 
so  characteristic  of  the  man.  Joseph  Buchtel's  steamboating  covered  a 
period  of  four  years,  of  the  most  perilous  river  navigation  known  in  the  his- 
tory of  the  country.  It  was  a  period  when  the  business  was  in  its  begin- 
ning in  Oregon  and  all  sorts  of  hazardous  experiments  were  being  tried. 
The  stories  of  hair-breadth  escapes  and  daring  ventures  to  save  his  vessel, 
or  the  lives  of  men  in  peril,  that  is  told  of  Joe  Buchtel  would  make  an  in- 
teresting volume  of  itself,  but  we  have  not  space  to  name  them  in  this  brief 
sketch.  At  length  he  got  tired  of  this  dangerous  and  toilsome  life,  and  es- 
tablished a  permanent  photograph  gallery  in  Portland,  which  he  still  owns, 
and  which  is  now  known  as  "  The  San  Francisco  Gallery."  In  this  business, 
as  in  everything  else  he  ever  undertook,  Mr.  Buchtel  took  a  leading  posi- 
tion. The  fame  of  Buchtel's  pictures  is  world-wide,  and  his  enormous  list 
of  negatives  includes  all  the  notable  personages  of  Oregon  and  all  distin- 
guished visitors  from  abroad.  In  this  business  he  always  kept  in  the  lead. 
Every  new  style  of  picture  ever  introduced  into  the  United  States  was 
brought  out  at  Buchtel's  gallery.     He  would  allow  no  one  to  excel  him 


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his  line  of  business.  Mr.  Biichtel  was  married  in  18r)3  in  Orof^on  City,  tak- 
ing his  wife  from  the  old  and  highly  respected  Oregon  family  of  LatoiiretteB, 
his  wife's  first  name  closely  resembling  his  own— Josephine.  This  union  ha« 
been  a  prosperous  and  happy  one,  not  a  breath  ever  having  been  l)r<)nght 
against  Joe  Buchtel's  private  and  family  relations,  even  in  the  nwst  l)ittor 
political  contests,  when  a  man's  character  is  sifted  like  fine  Hour.  Flis 
family  now  consists  of  a  wife  and  five  children  two  married  daugliters 
and  three  sons,  whose  ages  range  from  twenty-one  to  eight  years.  He  lost 
one  bright  and  most  hopeful  son,  Albert  Z.,  at  the  age  of  twenty-tliree 
years.  Politically,  Buchtel  is  a  Republican.  Loyal  to  tlie  cdto,  decided 
and  unyielding,  during  the  Rebellion  he  could  be  nothing  but  n  warm- 
hearted and  true  patriot.  When  the  rebels  laid  down  their  arms  lie 
grounded  the  weapons  of  his  warfare  and  has  since  l)een  what  may  be 
termed  a  conservative  Republican,  too  generous  hearted  to  be  a  bitter  par- 
tisan and  too  honest  to  vote  for  any  one  whom  he  deemed  unfit  for  any 
office,  even  if  forced  upon  his  own  party  ticket.  In  1880  he  was  elected 
Sheriff"  of  Multnomah  county,  for  two  years  filling  the  position  with  credit 
to  himself  and  to  the  great  satisfaction  of  all  worthy  citizens  of  the  county. 
He  introduced  many  reforms  in  the  management  of  the  jail  and  other  de- 
partments of  his  office.  He  was  firm  but  kind  to  a  fault.  Many  hundreds 
of  dollars  were  given  from  his  private  purse  to  the  prisoners,  when  they 
Avere  discharged,  that  they  might  have  a  start  to  get  a  living,  and  most  of 
these  were  never  returned  to  burden  the  county  with  expense.  Mr.  Buchtel 
has  held  other  important  positions  in  the  associations  to  which  he  has  be- 
longed. He  joined  the  Masonic  order  in  1853.  Also  the  Odd  Fellows  and 
the  Encampment.  Was  elected  Grand  Representative  and  attended  the 
National  Grand  Lodge  at  Atlanta,  Georgia.  Has  been  an  active  fireman 
for  twenty-six  years,  and  a  member  of  Number  Two  ever  since  its  organiza- 
tion, and  served  as  Foreman  of  that  company  and  then  served  as  Chief  En- 
gineer of  the  department  for  two  years.  He  is  an  inventor,  and  will  soon 
put  in  operation  his  electric  signal  fire  hose,  by  which  the  fireman  at  the 
pipe  can  command  the  engine.  He  invented  the  silver-saving  photo  holder 
and  the  atmospheric  background  in  photography.  Mr.  Buchtel,  besides 
looking  after  his  photograph  gallery,  is  the  lessee  of  City  View  Park,  and 
proposes  in  time  to  make  that  a  desirable  public  resort,  in  some  respects 
equal  to  the  famous  Woodward's  Gardens  in  San  Francisco.  He  is  turning 
his  attention  to  the  purchase  and  raising  of  blooded  stock.  Tliis  vnW  yet 
become  an  important  enterprise  in  his  hands,  and  the  time  will  come  when 
the  kindness  of  heart,  integrity  of  purpose  and  native  energy  of  the  subject 
of  this  sketch  will  be  fully  appreciated  in  Oregon. 


CAPTAIN    GEORGE    W.    BELT, 

Who  is  one  of  the  best  known  among  the  young  men  of  tlie  State,  was  born 
near  Salem,  Oregon,  on  the  13th  day  of  August,  18.51,  and  nearly  the  whole 
of  his  life  has  been  spent  in  the  city  of  Salem.  He  was  educated  at  the 
Willamette  University,  but  did  not  graduate,  leaving  that  institution  at  the 
beginning  of  his  senior  year.     During  the  period  of  his  attendance  iit  the 


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university,  and  for  some  time  after  leaving  it,  he  was  engaged  in  teaching. 
In  June,  1876,  he  commenced  the  study  of  law  under  the  tutorship  of  Judge 
B.  F.  Bo'nham.  He  finished  his  law  course  in  the  office  of  Bonham  &  Ram- 
sey, and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  at  the  January  term,  1879,  of  the  Supreme 
Court.  From  this  time  until  January,  1881,  he  remained  in  the  office  of 
Messrs.  Bonham  &  Ramsey,  acting  during  that  time  as  Deputy  Prosecuting 
Attorney  for  the  Third  Judicial  District.  In  the  year  1880  he  was  nomi- 
nated by  his  fellow  Democrats  of  Marion  county  for  Representative  in  the 
State  Legislature,  but  was  defeated  with  the  rest  of  his  ticket.  In  Jan- 
uary, 1881,  he  removed  to  Independence,  where  he  formed  a  co-partnership 
Avith  Hon.  M.  L.  Pipes,  and  has  since  been  engaged  in  the  practice  of  the 
law.  He  was  married  on  the  1st  day  of  August,  1882,  to  Miss  Olive  L. 
Chamberlin,  of  Salem.  No  sketch  of  George  would  be  satisfactory  to  the 
boys  that  did  not  refer  to  his  service  as  a  base-ball  player,  a  fireman  and  a 
mihtary  man.  As  a  base-ball  player  he  was  for  years  captain  of  the  cham- 
pion nines  of  Salem.  As  a  fireman  he  was  long  the  Foreman  of  Tiger  En- 
gine Company,  No.  2,  and  afterwards  Chief  Engineer  of  the  Salem  Fire  De- 
partment, and  as  an  olficer  of  the  Capital  Guards  he  made  a  practical  study 
of  military  tactics,  and  in  July,  1880,  he  was  appointed  Aid-de-Camp  on  the 
stafi"  of  Brigadier  General  M.  V.  Brown,  with  the  rank  of  Captain.  All  of 
these  matters,  in  which  he  was  once  regarded  as  an  authority,  have  ap- 
parently lost  their  attractions  for  him,  and  he  is  now  devoting  himself  to 
his  profession  with  an  assiduity  that  shows  his  love  for  it  and  that  promises 
for  him  a  most  successful  career  as  a  lawyer. 


DR.    W     H.    SAYLOR. 

As  a  rule,  the  ranks  of  the  medical  profession  are  made  up  of  a  class  of 
gentlemen  possessing  great  strength  of  mind,  highly  cultxired  intellects  and 
a  loftiness  of  character  which  is  necessary  to  command  for  them  the  respect 
of  the  general  public.  They  are  therefore  entitled  to  the  great  confidences 
which  are  necessarily  reposed  in  them,  and  which  they  guard  with  all  the 
great  traditional  honor  of  their  noble  calling.  Amongst  the  physicians  of 
the  State  of  Oregon  Dr.  W.  H.  Saylor  takes  a  foremost  position.  Well 
qualified  by  natural  inclination,  educational  training  and  a  vast  experience, 
with  a  soul  fully  comprehending  the  greatness  of  his  work  and  of  his  per- 
sonal responsibility,  he  has  built  up  for  himself  a  very  extensive  practice 
and  acquired  an  enviable  standing.  He  was  born  August  17,  1843,  in  Wap- 
elo  county,  Iowa,  and  at  the  tender  age  of  nine  years  came  with  his  parents 
across  the  plains  to  Oregon.  The  family  lived  one  year  in  Portland,  and 
then  went  to  Olympia,  W.  T.,  where  they  lived  three  years.  Returning  to 
our  State,  the  family  permanently  located  in  McMinnville,  and  young  Wil- 
liam was  enabled  to  finish  his  education  at  the  Willamette  University, 
graduating  from  the  medical  department  of  that  institution  in  the  class  of 
1869.  He  then  practiced  for  a  term  of  five  years  in  Forest  Grove,  and  not 
being  satisfied  with  his  general  and  specific  knowledge  of  the  profession, 
went  to  New  York  and  attended  the  celebrated  Bellevue  Hospital  Medical 
College,  from  which  he  graduated  in  1876.     In  that  year  he  returned  and 


EEPRESENTATIVE    MEN    OF    OREGON.  171 

commenced  the  practice  of  his  professiou  iu  Porthiiul,  remainiuir  here  ever 
since.  Although  Dr.  Saylor  is  a  general  pi-actitiouer,  he  luw  made  a  spe- 
cialty of  surgery,  and  has  performed  some  of  the  most  diHicult  operations  on 
record.  He  was  in  1872-3  Professor  of  Anatomy  in  Willamette  Uiiiversity, 
and  also  Corresponding  Secretary  of  tile  Oregon  State  Medical  Society  for 
two  years.  Dr.  Saylor  is  at  the  pres'^nt  time,  and  has  bec^n  for  the  past  four 
years,  attending  physician  at  the  Good  Samaritan  Hospital;  he  is  also  a 
member  of  the  G.  A.  E.,  having  when  the  Union  was  in  danger  j(  lined  B 
Companjs  Oregon  Volunteers,  with  which  command  lie  served  one  year  as 
Hospital  Steward.  Dr.  Saylor  was  married  iu  1S78  to  I\Iiss  Plui.be  A.  Wing, 
who  was  at  the  time  Preceptress  of  the  University  at  Forest  (xrove;  the 
Doctor  lived  happily  with  his  young  wife  until  the  year  1S74,  when  she  de- 
parted this  life. 

HON.    F.    N.   SHURTLIFF, 

Present  Collector  of  Customs  at  the  city  of  Portland,  was  born  in  Blackland. 
Niagara  county,  New  York,  in  1836.  He  was  reared  to  manhood  at  that  i)lace. 
Leaving  his  native  State,  he  traveled  throughout  the  Western  States  for  a 
number  of  years  and  came  to  Portland  in  1862,  and  located  in  Polk  county. 
In  1864  he  was  appointed  Commissary,  in  the  service  of  the  Government,  at 
Grande  Ronde  Indian  Reservation,  in  Yamhill  county,  in  wliich  position  he 
served  until  1869,  when  he  made  a  brief  visit  East.  Returning  in  1870,  he 
received  the  appointment  of  Deputy  Collector  of  Customs,  by  H.  W.  Scott, 
then  Collector  at  Portland.  In  this  position  he  remained  with  Mr.  Scott 
and  Mr.  John  Kelly,  who  succeeded  the  former,  until  his  ai)pointment  as 
superior  officer  in  the  same  service,  in  1880,  by  President  Hayes.  Mr.  Shurt- 
liif  was  married  to  Miss  Viola  B.  Morton  in  1858.  He  is  a  gentleman 
of  retiring  manners,  an  excellent  accountant,  and  is  highly  esteemed,  both 
in  private  and  official  circles,  where  he  is  known.  During  many  years  of 
Government  service  he  has  retained  an  unsullied  reputation  for  business 
tact,  energy  and  honest  dealing. 


A.  J.  MARSHALL 
Was  born  in  Baltimore,  Maryland,  February  11, 1832.  He  received  a  liberal 
education  in  his  native  State,  and  came  to  California  in  March,  184!t.  Here 
he  engaged  in  mining,  express  riding  and  other  active  business  until  Sep- 
tember, 1856,  when  he  came  to  Oregon,  where  he  has  since  resided.  He  was 
married  to  Miss  Sarah  E.  Choat,  iu  Clackamas  county,  Oregon.  Mr.  Marshall 
is  a  prominent  Odd  Fellow,  having  attained  the  high  degrees  of  Past  Grand 
Master  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the  State  and  Past  Grand  Patriarch  of  the 
Grand  Encampment.  He  was  the  first  Grand  Patriarch  chosen  to  that  po- 
sition in  Oregon.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Masonic  frat»;rnity,  in  good 
standing,  holding,  as  he  does  at  the  present  time,  the  important  office  of 
Secretary  of  Harmony  Lodge,  No.  12,  of  Portland,  Oregon,  oi  wliich  lodge 
he  is  Past  Master.  He  is  also  a  member  of  several  other  societies,  and  is  noted 
for  his  activity,  sagacity  and  usefulness  in  all  to  which  he  belongs.  Mr. 
Marshall  has  filled  many  places  of  honor  and  trust,  and  has  always  acpiit- 


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ted  himself  with  credit  and  fidelity.  He  was  Street  Commissioner  of  the 
city  of  Portland  from  July,  1871,  until  July,  1873.  during  which  time  he 
made  a  ^ood  record.  In  July,  1874,  he  was  appointed  Deputy  County  Clerk 
for  Multnomah  county,  which  position  he  has  held  continuously  ever  since. 
In  the  dischar{?e  of  his  duties  in  this?  position  he  has  won  the  confidence  and 
esteem  of  all  with  whom  he  has  been  brought  in  contact.  Possessed  of  quick 
perception,  strong  in  his  convictions  of  right,  and  honest  in  purpose,  together 
with  being  a  devoted  and  true  friend,  in  sunshine  and  storm,  he  numbers, 
among  a  host  of  friends,  many  of  the  prominent  men  of  the  State.  .  He  is  a 
pronounced  Republican,  on  principle,  and  takes  a  lively  interest  in  politics, 
local,  State  and  national.  In  fact  Mr.  Marshall,  in  all  the  avocations  of  life, 
is  entitled  to  rank  among  the  representative  men  of  the  State. 


HON.    RUFUS    MALLORY, 

Who,  as  an  attorney  at  law,  ranks  among  the  foremost  of  his  profession  in 
this  State,  was  born  in  Chenango  county.  New  York,  June  10,  1831,  and 
during  the  same  year  moved  with  his  parents  to  Alleghany  county,  in  the 
same  State.  He  was  reared  on  a  farm  and  enjoyed  the  advantages  of  a 
common  school  education  only,  with  the  exception  of  a  few  terms,  attend- 
ance at  the  Alfred  Academy,  in  Alleghany  county.  He  commenced  teaching 
school  in  1847,  relieving  its  monotony  by  laboring  on  the  farm  during  the 
summer  mouths  and  teaching  during  the  winter.  He  moved  to  New  Lou- 
don, Iowa,  in  1855,  where  he  remained  until  1858,  following  his  avocation  as 
a  teacher  and  devoting  his  spare  time  to  the  study  of  'law.  He  came  to 
Oregon  in  1859  and  settled  in  Douglas  county,  and  taught  in  the  public 
school  at  Roseburg  until  the  following  Spring.  In  March,  1860,  he  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  and  at  once  opened  an  office  at  Roseburg.  He  was  elected 
District  Attorney  of  the  First  Judicial  District  in  June  of  the  same  year, 
and  his  success  as  an  attorney  y,nd  counsellor  was  assured  from  that  time 
on.  He  represented  Douglas  county  in  the  Legislature  of  1862,  in  the  Fall 
of  which  year  he  removed  to  Salem,  and  was  appointed  Prosecuting  Attor- 
ney for  the  Third  Jvidicial  District  vice  Hon.  J.  G.  Wilson,  appointed  Cir- 
cuit Judge  of  the  Fifth  Judicial  District.  He  was  elected  as  his  own  suc- 
cessor in  1864.  At  the  general  election  in  1866  Mr.  Mallory  was  elected 
Congressman  from  this  State,  where  he  served  two  years,  and  returning  to 
Salem  again  resumed  the  practice  of  law.  In  1872  he  represented  Marion 
county  and  was  elected  Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives,  in  which 
trying  and  responsible  position  he  displayed  marked  executive  ability.  In 
the  Fall  of  1874  Mr.  Mallory  received  the  appointment  of  United  States 
District  Attorney  for  Oregon,  which  office  he  continued  to  hold  until  the 
Spring  of  1882.  In  the  Summer  of  1882  he,  as  a  special  agent  of  the  United 
States  Treasury  Department,  visited  Singapore,  India,  to  procure  evidence 
in  certain  important  questions  then  pending  in  the  United  States  Circuit 
Court  for  Oregon.  Mr.  Mallory  is  a  pronounced  Republican  and  has  al- 
ways taken  an  active  part  in  politics.  He  is  an  able  and  efiective  speaker 
and  has  canvassed  the  State  several  times  in  the  interests  of  the  Republican 
party.    None  excel  him  in  industry,  integrity  and  honor,  and  he  has  won  a 


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warm  place  iu  tlie  hearts  of  the  people  of  this  State  by  his  fearless  and  im- 
partial discharge  of  every  public  trust  coutidea  to  his  keeiiiuj,'.  As  an  at- 
torney he  has  few  superiors  and  as  a  pleader  he  leads  tlie  profession  iu  tliis 
State.  He  was  married  to  i\[iss  Lucy  A.  Rose,  daughter  of  Aaron  Rose, 
Esq.,  of  Roseburg,  on  the  2-4th  day  of  June,  Ib'CO,  and  they  have  one  sou. 
Such  citizens  as  Hon.  Rnfus  Mallory  well  deserve  mention  as  one  of  the 
"  Representative  Men  of  Oregon,"  his  usefuluess  as  which  has,  in  reality 
but  just  commenced,  and  we  bespeak  for  him  a  prominent  position  in  the 
future  history  of  our  State. 

GEORGE    L.    STORY, 

The  gentleman  whose  name  appears  at  tlie  head  of  this  biography,  was  burn 
in  Manchester,  Massachusetts,  in  1838:  was  educated  at  the  private  school 
of  Fox  Worcester,  Esq.,  at  Salem,  same  State.  In  1847  he  entered  the  em- 
ploy of  Brewer,  Stevens  &  Gushing,  wholesale  druggists  in  Boston,  and  re- 
mained with  them  until  1850,  when  he  came  to  California,  where  lie  re- 
tnained  until  August,  1851,  when  he  came  to  Portland,  Oregon,  and  soon 
afterwards  he,  in  connection  with  Devaux  Bnbcock,  Esij.,  bought  out  the 
drug  store  of  Hooper,  Snell  &  Co.  In  the  following  year  he  bought  out 
Mr.  Babcock  and  soon  after  formed  a  partnership  with  Story,  Redingt<jn  & 
Co.,  of  San  Francisco.  After  that  he  bought  out  the  interest  of  his  partners 
in  the  Portland  branch,  and  in  1854  sold  out  to  Smith  it  Davis,  who  had 
been  employes  of  his  in  the  store.  In  1855  he  went  into  the  wholesale 
paint,  oil  and  glass  business  in  San  Francisco,  and  in  1862  he  returned  to 
Portland,  where  he  has  since  resided.  For  a  number  of  years  after  his  re- 
turn to  Oregon  he  was  engaged  in  mining  enterprises  in  Idaho,  and  in  1870 
again  embarked  in  the  paint,  oil  and  glass  business  in  Portland,  which 
business,  however,  he  discontinued  shortly  after  his  election  to  the  office  of 
County  Clerk  in  1874.  In  1872  he  was  elected  by  the  Common  Council  of 
the  city  of  Portland  to  till  the  unexpired  term  ot  Cincinnati  Bills,  Esq. 
(who  was  a  member  of  that  body  at  the  time  of  his  death),  and  at  the  end 
of  that  term  he  was  elected  for  the  term  of  three  years  from  the  First  ward. 
He  is  one  of  the  newly-appointed  Fire  Commissioners  to  organize  the  Paid 
Department  of  the  city  of  Portland,  and  he,  having  been  for  nearly  five 
years  past  the  manager  of  the  Oregon  branch  of  the  Home  Miitiud  In- 
surance Company  of  California,  and  more  j-eceutly  appointed  agent  and  at- 
torney for  the  State  of  Oregon  for  the  Ph(enix  Insurance  Company  of  Lon- 
don, his  appointment  as  Fire  Commissioner  would  seem  to  be  well  advised. 
Mr.  Story  has  attained  to  high  and  honorable  positions  in  the  Masonic  fra- 
ternity, and  is  universally  respected  by  his  fellow  citizens.  Mr.  Story  was 
married  in  1854  to  the  eldest  daughter  of  the  late  Anthony  L.  Davis,  Esq. 

HON.    W.    W.    THAYER, 

Who,  by  reason  of  his  careful  and  economical  administration  of  State  affairs 
during  his  four  years'  occupancy  of  the  gubernatorial  chair,  has  become  de- 
servedly popular  with  the  people  and  won  their  merited  regard  and  esteem, 
was  born  at  Lima,  Livingston  county.  New  York,  July  15,  1827.     His  early 


174  REPEESENTATIVE    MEN    OF    OREGON. 


life  was  spent  on  the  farm  at  a  period  when  school  advantages  were  at  best 
but  crude  and  imperfect.  Ha  derived  his  education  in  the  common  schools 
of  that  State  and  labored  industriously  to  secure  a  foundation  for  the  pro- 
fession he  had  resolved  to  enter  as  a  means  of  livelihood.  He  read  law  and 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  State  of  New  York, 
at  Rochester,  during  the  March  term  of  1851.  He  practiced  law  at  Tona- 
wanda  and  Buffalo,  New  York,  until  the  spring  of  1862,  when  he  immigrated 
to  Oregon.  He  settled  in  Benton  cormty,  where  he  went  into  partnership 
in  the  practice  of  law  with  his  brother,  Hon.  A.  J.  Thayer,  afterwards  Judge 
of  the  Second  Judicial  District,  who  died  in  1873.  Governor  Thayer  re- 
mained in  Benton  county  until  the  summer  of  1863,  when  he  w'eut  to  Lew-- 
iston,  Idaho  Territory,  where  he  stayed  until  1867.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  Territorial  Legislature  of  Idaho  in  the  winter  of  1866-7.  He  was  elected 
District  Attorney  of  the  Third  Judicial  District  of  that  Territory  in  1866, 
which  position  he  resigned  in  1867,  when  he  removed  to  Portland,  where  he 
again  entered  upon  the  active  practice  of  his  profession,  and  where  he  has 
resided  ever  since,  having  built  up  a  practice  both  lucrative  and  honorable. 
In  1878,  when  the  Democratic  party  was  casting  about  for  a  candidate  to 
succeed  Governor  Chadwick  as  the  Chief  Executive  of  the  State,  the  name 
of  Hon.  W.  W.  Thayer  was  proposed  and  it  resulted  in  his  nomination  and 
election.  He  was  inaugvirated  as  Governor  September  11,  1878,  and  at  once 
set  about  correcting  certain  abuses  of  public  trust  and  introducing  in  all 
departments  under  his  immediate  control  much  needed  reforms.  His  ap- 
pointments were  made  with  a  ^-iew  to  the  fitness  of  the  applicant,  and  his 
entire  administration  was  characterized  by  an  economical  management  of 
public  affairs  and  an  evident  desire  to  make  all  things  subservient  to  the 
best  interests  of  the  State  at  large.  He  was  very  popular  as  Governor,  be- 
ing one  of  those  plain,  every-day  sort  of  men  who  are  always  the  same 
wherever  you  meet  them  and  having  a  kindly  greeting  for  all.  He  took 
especial  pride  in  the  economical  management  of  the  Penitentiary,  which 
institution  was  under  his  complete  control,  and  in  the  judicious  administra- 
tion of  other  State  matters  he  was  ably  assisted  by  his  associates  in  office. 
Personally  he  is  social,  courteous  and  genial,  and  never  fails  to  make 
friends  with  all  with  whom  he  comes  in  contact.  The  Governor  was  mar- 
ried November  11,  1852,  to  Miss  Samantha  C.  Vincent,  of  I'onawanda,  New 
York,  their  family  consisting  of  one  son,  now  a  ijrominent  attorney  of  Tilla- 
mook county.  Since  the  Governors  retirement  from  office  he  has  resumed 
the  active  practice  of  his  profession  at  Portland. 


WILLIAM  REID,  ESQ., 
The  well-known  banker  and  capitalist  of  Portland,  although  a  nat- 
uralized citizen  of  the  United  States,  was  born  in  Glasgow,  Scotland, 
in  1842,  and  is  consequently  forty  years  of  age  at  the  present  time.  He  was 
traiwed  for  the  legal  profession  and  educated  at  the  Scottish  University  of 
Glasgow,  being  admitted  in  1867  as  an  attorney  of  t])e  Scotch  courts  at  Edin- 
burgh, and  afterwards  practiced  his  profession  at  Dundee  until  1874.  In 
1869,  upon  the  recommendation  of  Mrs.  Marv  Lincoln,  widow  of  President 


REPRESENTATIVE    MEN    OF    ()RE(K)N. 


Lincoln,  he  received  the  appointment  of  United  Stiite«  Consul  at  Dtinde  e 
and  held  the  office  at  that  port  until  his  removal  to  Oregon  in  1871.  While 
in  Scotland  he  acted  as  counsel  for  the  United  States  for  several  Ainerii-au 
claimants  under  the  Alabama  treaty.  In  1873  he  orgranized  the  Oregon  and 
Washington  Trust  Investment  Company  at  Dundee,  and  iu  187(i  he  formed 
at  Portland  the  Oregon  and  Wasliington  Mortgage  Savings  Bank,  wliieh 
institutions  have  loaned  the  enormous  sum  of  over  $5,(Kn),0(M)  on  mortgages 
under  his  control,  without  as  yet  making  one  single  dollar  of  bad  debts. 
Shortly  after  his  arrival  in  Oregon  he  appeared  before  the  Legislature  of 
the  State  and  urged  the  passage  of  the  first  Oregon  Immigration  Act,  and 
■was  appointed  thereunder,  by  Governor  Grover,  President  of  the  State  Board 
of  Immigration  for  Oregon,  in  conjunction  with  Hon.  W.  S.  Ladd,  Hon.  H. 
W.  Corbett,  B.  Goldsmith  and  C.  Leinenweber  as  Commissioners,  which  po- 
sition he  held  for  three  years,  and  appointed  Oregon  immigration  agents  all 
over  the  United  States  and  Europe,  which  was  the  direct  means  of  securing 
a  very  large  immigration  to  this  State  shortly  afterwards.  In  1871  he  first 
organized,  in  conjunction  with  Captain  A.  P.  Ankeny,  the  Board  of  Trade  of 
Portland,  and  was  its  active  secretary  for  a  period  of  six  years.  In  1874, 
1876  and  1878  he  wrote  various  pamphlets,  describing  "Oregon  and  Wash- 
ington as  Fields  for  Labor  and  Capital,"  40,000  copies  of  which  were  printed 
in  the  English,  Flemish,  German  and  French  languages  for  the  Paris  Ex- 
position. In  1879  he  conceived  the  idea  of  constructing  a  system  of  nar- 
row gauge  railroads  in  Western  Oregon,  and,  in  conjunction  with  Mr.  J.  B. 
Montgomery,  for  that  purpose  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  "The  Oregonian 
Railway  Company,  Limited,"  of  Scotland,  Mr.  Montgomery  having  gone  to 
Scotland  to  perfect  the  same  The  construction  of  this  system  met  with  great 
opposition  from  rival  railroad  enterprises  and  the  city  of  Portland;  its  enter- 
ing this  city,  in  condemning  and  appropriating  the  public  levee  for  a  terminal 
depot  and  grounds  ;  and  the  fight  was  taten  into  the  halls  of  the  Legisla- 
ture in  the  session  of  1880,  where,  after  considerable  opposition,  a  bill  was 
passed  by  a  two-thirds  vote  of  the  Senate  and  Hinise,  over  the  Governor's 
veto,  entitling  his  railroad  company,  which,  at  that  time  was  very  i)opular 
with  the  farmers  of  the  Willamette  vaUey,  as  an  opposition  road,  to  occupy 
the  public  levee  of  Portland  for  its  terminus  and  depot  grounds.  They 
constructed  and  completed  163  miles  of  this  railway,  and  had  his 
road  bed  graded  to  a  point  within  eleven  miles  of  Portland,  when  his  efforts 
for  its  farther  extension  to  that  city  were  stopped  by  the  Scotch  owners  of 
the  enterprise,  who,  despite  his  opposition,  leased  the  road  against  his  wishes 
for  ninety-six  years  to  the  Oregon  Railway  and  Navigation  Com[)any  in  re- 
turn for  a  guaranteed  rent  of  seven  and  one-half  per  cent,  per  year  upon  the 
paid-up  stock.  Mr.  Reid  the  same  year  reorganized  the  Salem  Flouring 
Mill  Company,  and  also  formed  a  company  with  a  capital  of  S2(K),(MMl,  called 
the  "  City  of  Salem  Company,"  for  the  purpose  of  adopting  and  extending 
the  gradual  reduction  system  of  milling  into  Oregon  upon  the  Minneapolis 
process,  which  proved  a  success  upon  Oregon  wheat.  That  company,  of 
which  he  is  President  and  the  largest  stockholder,  owns  the  Capitol  INIills, 
"A  and  B,"  of  Salem,  and  the  Turner  "C"  MHl,  with  a  united  capacity  of 


176  REPRESENTATIVE    MEN    OF    OREGON. 


producing  eiffht  Inmdred  barrels  of  flour  per  day,  the  largest  milling  company 
in  the  State  upon  the  new  process.  In  the  Fall  of  1882  Mr.  Reid  formed  the 
First  National  Bank  of  Salem,  of  which  he  is  nominally  the  President,  Mr. 
W.  N.  Ladue,  from  Detroit,  the  Vice-President,  being  the  active  manager  at 
Salem.  Mr.  Reid  is  married  and  has  a  family  of  five  children.  Such,  dear 
reader,  is  but  a  brief  outline  of  the  history  of  one  of  the  most  active, 
energetic  and  enterprising  capitalists  in  our  State.  He  is  a  man 
of  indomitable  pluck  and  perseverence,  and  as  keen  a  financier  as  can  be 
found  anywhere.  His  enterprise  is  proverbial  and  his  superior  business 
sagacity  unquestioned.  His  various  business  interests  in  Oregon  are  suc- 
cessful and  bis  credit  is  almost  unHmited.  His  management  of  foreign  cap- 
ital in  our  State  has  been  the  means  of  very  greatly  advancing  its  interest 
and  prominence  as  a  commonwealth,  and  we  owe  much  to  him  for  the  rapid 
progress  we  have  made  during  the  pak,t  eight  or  ten  years.  Mr.  Reid  is  a 
man  who,  while  not  of  a  tall,  commanding  form,  would  none  the  less  attract 
attention  in  any  assemblage.  Of  ordinary  height,  slight  form,  smooth  face 
and  the  most  piercing  dark  eyes.  He  is  ever  on  the  move,  and  many  won- 
der when  he  secures  the  rest  an  active  brain  like  his  necessarily  requires. 
He  is  an  indefatigable  worker,  and  despatches  business  with  hasty  preci- 
sion. He  has  an  eye  to  business  at  all  times  and  is  considered  a  very  suc- 
cessful business  man.  He  is  genial  and  sociable  with  his  friends  and  is  es- 
teemed by  all  who  know  him.  Would  we  had  more  of  just  such  men  in  Or- 
egon. The  latest  acquisition  he  has  brought  to  the  State  of  Oregon  is  the 
American  Mortgage  Company  of  Scotland,  having  its  head  office  in  Edin- 
burg,  with  a  capital  of  two  million  dollars,  the  loaning  of  which,  on  mortgages, 
has  been  entrusted  to  his  care  and  has  caused  a  deal  of  rivalry  and  jealousy 
from  the  Dundee  loaning  companies  for  whom  he  formerly  acted. 


J.    H.    ROBBINS. 

When  we  see  a  gentleman  who  is  successful  in  his  business,  we  know 
that  his  prosperity  is  not  the  result  of  chance;  but  rather  that  he  has 
worked  hard  and  long,  and  that  he  possesses  a  spirit  which  does  not  suc- 
cumb to  trifling  discouragements.  When  one  attains  this  proud  distinction 
of  being  known  as  a  solid  man,  his  word  is  considered  as  good  as  his  bond, 
and  his  reputation  must  necessarily  be  unblemished.  Mr.  Robbins  is  one 
of  our  citizens  who,  without  aid  or  guidance,  has  followed  the  true  instincts 
of  his  own  progressive  nature  and  to-day  takes  his  place  in  the  ranks  of  the 
very  foremost.  He  was  born  in  Decatur  county,  Indiana,  in  the  year  1832. 
After  receiving  the  educational  advantages  ordinarily  accorded  to  youths 
of  his  station  in  life,  he  learned  the  trade  of  cabinet  making,  and  meantime 
obtained  an  exceptionally  good  knowledge  of  music.  At  the  early  age  of 
sixteen  years  young  Robbins  commenced  his  career  as  a  teacher  of  vocal 
music,  in  the  instruction  of  which  he  met  with  great  success.  He  started 
for  Oregon  in  the  year  1862,  and  on  the  journey,  in  the  Powder  River  Val- 
ley, his  young  wife,  to  whom  he  had  been  married  in  1854,  and  who  had 
borne  him  three  children,  died,  leaving  the  weary  traveler  and  devoted  hus- 
band with  his  three  infants  to  continue  their  weary  way  alone  and  mother- 


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less.  Arriving  in  Oregon,  Mr.  Bobbins  at  once  commenced  teacliing  music, 
as  before,  and  very  soon  became  known  as  one  of  our  m«)Ht  jjrolicicnt  in- 
stnictors.  He  was  again  married  in  1864  to  Miss  Mary  M.  Harvey,  dauglitur 
of  the  well-known  Amos  Harvey,  and  a  few  years  afterward  founded  liiH 
present  popular  music  house.  Mr.  Robl)ins^- establishment  to-day  is  a  very 
extensive  as  well  as  attractive  one,  and  his  stock  of  organs,  pianos,  i)icture 
frames  and  artistic  goods  is  one  of  the  finest  outside  of  San  Franc-i.sco.  He 
is  the  agent  for  the  celebrated  Whitney  &  Holmes  organ,  and  altliough  tliis 
instrument  was  comparatively  unknown  a  few  years  ago,  Mr.  R<)l)l)inH  bus 
introduced  it  to  such  an  extent  that  now  he  can  scarcely  till  orders.  Al- 
though not  being  a  member  of  any  society,  our  subject  is  temperate  in  all 
his  habits,  and  his  best  friends  know  that  he  is  an  enthusiast  against  the 
use  of  tobacco  and  liquor.  Mr.  Robbins  has  a  beautiful  home,  ornamented 
with  all  the  beauties  of  art  and  blessed  with  happiness  and  contentment. 
He  is,  thanks  to  his  own  exertions,  now  in  independent  circumstances,  and 
enjoys  the  friendship  and  esteem  of  our  best  citizens. 


H.    Y.  THOMPSON. 

One  of  the  most  prominent  barristers,  enjoying  an  extensive  practice  in 
Portland,  is  H.  Y.  Thompson.  Mr.  Thompson  was  born  in  Zanesville,  Ohio, 
and  there  received  his  first  knowledge  of  the  world  and  its  mysterious  ways. 
He  was  favored  with  a  liberal  education,  and  well-fitted  to  struggle  with 
life  and  win  for  himself  positions  of  trust  and  prominence.  He  came  to 
Oregon  in  1865,  and,  settling  in  Portland,  soon  became  an  active  member  of 
the  legal  fraternity.  He  has  also  taken  an  active  part  in  the  politics  of  the 
State,  and  has  been  identified  as  a  leader  in  the  ranks  of  the  Republican 
party.  He  served  one  term  as  City  Attorney  of  Portland.  He  is  a  social, 
trustworthy  gentleman,  who  always  commands  the  respect  of  the  community 
at  large.  He  was  married  in  1871  to  Jtiss  Anna  B.  Smith,  daughter  of  Hon. 
Joseph  Smith,  an  estimable  and  accomplished  young  lady,  and  the  happy 
couple  count  a  host  of  friends  amongst  their  acquaintances.  Mr.  Tiiomi)son 
is  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  and  takes  an  active  interest  in  that 
organization. 

J.  K.  GILL, 
The  popular  dealer  in  books  and  stationery  in  Portland,  was  born  in  York- 
shire, England,  in  the  year  1841.  In  1854  he  crossed  the  Atlantic  and  set- 
tled in  Worcester,  Massachusetts,  where  he  remained  until  he  was  twenty- 
one  years  of  age.  At  that  age  he  entered  the  Wesleyan  Academy,  at  \\  li- 
bergham,  in  the  same  State,  and  graduated  therefrom  in  the  class  of  Uh. 
In  the  same  vear  he  started  for  Oregon,  and  in  the  month  of  August  ar- 
rived in  Salem,  where  he  immediately  established  himself  in  the  book  and 
stationery  business,  continuing  there  until  August,  1871  ^M.en  he  renioved 
to  Portland,  where  he  entered  into  a  co-partnership  w-ith  Mr.  (reorge  htee  . 
The  new  firm  purchased  the  stock  and  business  of  Messrs.  Harris  .t  Her- 
man, who  were  at  that  time  the  leading  book-sellers  m  the  State  In  1872 
Mr  Gill  purchased  Mr.  Steel's  interest,  and  has  been  m  charge  of  the  busi 


178  REPEESENTATIVE    MEN    OF    OREGON. 


ness  ever  since.  As  a  specimen  of  Mr.  Gill's  business  enterprise  and  capa- 
city, we  will  state  that  at  no  time  has  he  been  dependent  on  the  San  Fran- 
cisco market  for  his  supplies.  As  he  has  always  dealt  directly  with  East- 
ern firms,  he  has  been  enabled  to  compete  with  the  largest  firms  in  San 
Francisco,  and  to  offer  to  the  ji^ople  of  this  State  and  Washington  Terri- 
tory all  the  advantages  that  can  be  gained  by  his  method  of  large  pur- 
chases to  supply  the  State  as  well  as  retail  purchasers.  Mr.  Gill  is  a  firm 
adherer  to  the  doctrines  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  and  has  al- 
ways taken  a  prominent  part  in  advancing  the  interests  of  that  denomina- 
tion. In  musical  circles  he  is  both  "  useful  and  ornamen  tal,"  being  a  first 
class  violinist,  and  always  contributing  his  valuable  services  to  every  enter- 
tainment that  is  worthy  of  encourasrement.  Whether  in  business  or  social 
circles,  he  is  always  the  same— an  obliging,  liberal  gentleman,  who,  whilst 
anxious  to  benefit  himself,  is  never  selfish  or  grasping.  He  was  married 
August  17,  1866,  to  Miss  Fanny  A.  Wilson,  daughter  of  Mr.  W.  H.  Wilson, 
one  of  the  pioneers  of  this  State.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gill  are  blessed  with  an 
interesting  family,  and  thankf  ally  enjoy  all  the  blessings  of  a  peaceful  and 
happy  home. 


HON    JOHN    WHITEAKER. 

"  Honest  John  Whiteaker"  is  the  familiar  title  by  which  the  first  Gov- 
ernor of  the  State  of  Oregon  is  known  on  both  sides  of  this  continent.  He 
was  bom  in  Dearborn  county,  Indiana,  May  4,  1820.  His  early  life  was 
passed  with  his  parents  on  a  farm  in  his  native  State.  Wlien  twenty-five 
years  of  age  he  went  to  Illinois  and  the  following  year  from  there  to  Mis- 
souri, where  he  was  married,  in  1847,  in  Putnam  county,  to  Miss  N.  J.  Har- 
grave,  daughter  of  Judge  Hargrave,  a  prominent  man  in  that  part  of  the 
State.  In  the  spring  of  1849,  attracted  by  the  fame  of  the  California  gold 
mines,  he  left  his  wife  at  her  father's  and  visited  the  new  El  Dorado  of  the 
far  West.  Arriving  at  Sacramento  early  in  the  fall,  he  turned  his  attention 
to  mining,  in  which  avocation  he  shared  the  fortune  of  a  great  majority  of 
delvers  for  the  precious  metals.  He  next  dealt  in  live  stock,  and  for  a  short 
time  managed  a  hotel  in  Sacramento  City.  In  the  spring  of  1851  he  re- 
turned East  by  way  of  the  Isthmus,  and  crossed  the  plains  the  second  time 
in  1852,  to  Oregon,  bringing  his  wife  with  him.  He  arrived  in  Portland 
when  the  present  city  was  a  comiiarative  wilderness,  and  remained  but  a 
short  time  when  he  proceeded  up  the  valley  to  Polk  county,  where  he 
passed  the  Avinter.  The  following  spring  he  went  to  Lane  county  and  set- 
tled on  a  tract  of  land  under  the  donation  law  of  1850,  and  he  has  resided 
in  that  county  up  to  the  present  time.  The  first  office  to  which  he  was 
elected  in  the  then  Territory  was  that  of  Probate  Judge  for  Lane  county, 
to  which  position  he  was  elected  in  1856.  In  1857  he  was  elected  to  the 
Territorial  Legislature.  In  the  meantime  the  convention  to  frame  the 
State  Constitution  convened,  and,  upon  its  adoption,  Hon.  John  Whiteaker 
was  nominated  by  the  Democrats  and  elected  the  first  Governor  of  the  new 
State.  His  term  extended  over  the  eventful  years  from  1858  to  1862,  during 
which  time  Governor  Whiteaker  illustrated  his  patriotism  and  statesman- 


KEPRESENTATIVE    MEN    OF    OREGON.  179 


ship  by  his  wise  and  moderate  course  in  all  of  his  public  and  private  acts  . 
In  1862  he  received  the  support  of  his  party  in  the  Legislature  for  United 
States  Senator,  which  honor  has  since  been  frequently  accorded  him.  He 
was  elected  to  the  Legislature  in  1866,  and  was  returned  in  ]8«'>8,  at 
which  term  he  was  elected  and  served  as  Speaker.  In  1870  i»e  was  ouce 
more  honored  by  Ms  constituents  with  a  seat  iu  the  lower  House,  and  was 
nominated  again  in  1872,  but  was  defeated  by  a  small  majority.  In  1876, 
his  party  having  recovered  the  ascendancy  in  Lane  county,  he  was  elected 
to  the  State  Senate,  of  which  body  he  was  elected  President.  So  acceptably 
had  he  filled  the  important  positions  to  which  he  had  been  called,  that,  iu 
1878,  he  was  nominated  by  his  party  for  a  seat  in  the  Forty-sixth  Congress, 
to  which  exalted  position  he  was  elected  by  a  large  majority  over  his  Re- 
publican competitor,  Hon.  H.  K.  Hiues.  At  the  called  session  of  J87i)  Cob- 
gressman  Whiteaker  made  the  quickest  trip  ever  accomplished  from  the 
Pacific  to  the  Atlantic  seaboard.  By  special  train  he  was  taken  from  San 
Francisco  to  Washington  in  four  days,  nineteen  hours  and  fifty-three  min- 
utes. The  great  haste  was  necessary  to  secure  the  organization  of  the 
lower  House  of  Congress  to  the  Democrats  at  that  session.  During  his 
term  in  Congress  Mr.  Whiteaker  served  as  Chairman  of  the  Committee  on 
Pensions,  an  honor  seldom  conferred  on  a  new  member.  He  was  nho  a 
member  of  the  Committee  on  Indian  Affairs.  In  1S80  he  was  renominated 
for  Congress  on  his  party  ticket,  but  was  defeated  by  the  present  incum- 
bent of  that  oflBce,  Hon.  M.  C.  George.  He  served  on  the  committ»:^«  ap- 
pointed by  Governor  Grover  to  inspect  the  locks  at  Willamette  Falls,  and 
was  also  appointed  on  the  State  Board  of  Equalization  and  made  ( 'hairman 
of  that  body.  In  every  position  to  which  Governor  Whiteaker  has  l.een 
called  he  has  proved  equal  to  all  requirements  imposed  upon  liim.  As  a 
parliamentarian  he  has  few  equals  and  as  a  legislative  and  administrative 
officer  bis  record  stands  above  ad%"erse  criticism.  Loved  by  his  neighbors 
lor  his  many  noble  and  humane  traits  of  character,  possessing  tlu;  confi- 
dence of  his  party  because  of  his  consistency,  and  trusted  and  respe*  ted  by 
all  who  know  him.  Governor  Whiteaker  now  resides  on  his  farm  iu  Lane 
county.  He  delights  iu  his  rural  and  domestic  life,  is  in  vigoroun  hf-jdth, 
both  mental  and  physical,  and  is  still  capable  of  performing  any  livify  to 
which  he  m;iy  be  called  in  the  future  by  those  who  have  so  often  d^  'igl.ted 
to  honor  him  with  their  confidence. 


HON.  O.  N.  DENNY. 
Office-holding  is  not  always  a  recommendation  to  a  man.  Tliere  ;.-»'  t  i.ose 
who  seek  office  and  those  whom  the  office  seeks.  The  subject  of  thin  liiogra- 
phy  is  one  of  the  latter  class,  and  has,  almost  continuously,  since  j.ttainiug 
his  majority,  held  official  position.  He  was  born  in  Washington  county, 
Ohio,  September  4, 1838.  His  father  was  of  Scr)tch-Trish  and  his  mother 
of  English  descent.  He  came  to  Oregon  with  his  parents  in  18r)2,  cross- 
ing the  plains  with  an  ox  team  and  settling  in  Linn  county,  near  Lebanon, 
on  a  donation  claim.  Two  weeks  after  their  arrival  the  father  died,  leaving 
a  widowed  mother  with  six  children,  three  girls  and  three  boys,  0.  N.  Denny 


180  REPRESENTATIVE    MEN    OF    OREGON. 


being  the  oldest  of  the  boys.  The  responsibility  and  chief  labor  of  improv- 
iuii  the  farm  and  supporting  the  family  devolved  upon  him  and  his  mother, 
and,  with  the  assistance  of  the  younger  children,  they  struggled  on  to  the 
accomplishment  of  both.  Meantime  he  attended  the  Lebanon  Academy 
and  obtained  an  education  sufficient  to  qualify  him  for  teaching  a  common 
country  school.  He  taught  six  months  and  then  attended  Willamette  Uni- 
versity, at  Salem,  for  two  years.  He  then  began  reading  law  with  Hon.  A. 
Holbrook,  at  Oregon  City.  That  gentleman  being  called  East,  on  business 
connected  Avith  the  National  Sanitary  Commission,  of  which  he  was  chief 
agent  for  Oregon,  he  prescribed  a  course  for  his  student,  furnished  him  with 
text  books  and  sent  him  to  Salem,  where  he  joined  a  class,  consisting  of  the 
late  C.  G.  Curl,  Thomas  Caton,  H.  A.  Gehr  and  William  Waldo.  The  class 
recited  to  Hon.  L.  F.  Grover,  at  picsent  United  Senator,  for  one  year, 
when  they  each  entered  law  firms.  Mr.  Denny  went  in  the  firm  of  Hons. 
J.  G.  Wilson  &  B.  F.  Harding,  and  after  being  admitted  to  the  bar  in 
1862  he  went  to  The  Dalles,  in  Wasco  county,  and  began  practice  alone.  In 
September  of  the  same  year  he  was  appointed,  by  Governor  A.  C.  Gibbs, 
County  Judge  of  that  county,  which  position  he  held  one  year.  He  then 
went  to  Idaho  Territory  to  make  collections  for  merchants  at  The  Dalles, 
resigning  his  office  to  do  so.  The  business  detaining  him,  he  opened  an 
office  at  Centreville  and  practiced  law  for  a  short  time,  with  marked  suc- 
cess. He  then  returned  to  The  Dalles,  and  at  the  following  election  was  nom- 
inated for  the  office  of  County  Judge  on  the  Republican  ticket,  and  elected 
by  a  large  majority.  At  the  expiration  of  his  term  he  was  renominated  and, 
although  the  county  went  largely  Democratic,  he  was  only  beaten  eight 
votes.  Mr.  Denny  gained  great  credit  for  his  administration  of  county 
affairs  while  he  held  the  office  of  Judge,  the  bonds  of  the  county  advancing 
from  fifty  cents  on  the  dollar  to  par  value  during  his  term.  He  was 
married  to  Mrs.  Gertrude  J.  White,  an  accomplished  widow  with  one  child,  a 
daughter,  in  1868.  He  then  removed  to  California  and  located  in  San  Jose, 
where  he  practiced  law  one  year,  when  he  returned  to  Oregon  and,  locating 
in  Portland,  he  again  began  the  practice  of  his  profession.  In  1871  he  was 
elected  Police  Judge  for  the  city  of  Portland,  and  was  re-elected  in  1873  on 
the  Repubhcan  ticket.  During  his  last  term  he  was  tendered  the  Consul- 
ship, at  Amoy,  China,  by  President  Grant,  which  office  he  declined,  not 
having  been  an  applicant.  In  1875  he  was  appointed  Collector  of  Internal 
Revenue  for  Oregon  and  Alaska  by  President  Grant,  when  he  resigned  the 
office  of  Police  Jiidge  and  entered  upon  the  duties  of  his  new  position.  In 
May,  1877,  he  was  appointed  Consul  at  Tientsin,  China,  by  President  Hayes, 
and  in  1879  he  was  promoted  to  Consul  General,  with  residence  at  Shanghai. 
He  entered  upon  the  duties  of  that  responsible  position  April  1st,  1880,  and 
still  continues  in  the  office,  although  at  this  date  he  is  visiting  friends  and 
attending  to  official  duties  in  Oregon.  Mr.  Denny  was  appointed  to  the 
office  which  he  now  holds,  at  the  request  of  Hon.  William  M.  Evarts,  then 
Secretary  of  State  of  the  United  States,  without  his  having  made  applica- 
tion for  the  same  and  without  his  knowledge.  He  holds  high  relations  with 
other  foreign  Ministers   and  Consuls  to  the  Chinese  Empire  and  is  held 


EEPRESENTATIVE  MEN  OF  OREGON.        IRI 


in  high  esteem  by  them  aiul  also  by  the  Chinese  anthorities.  No  hi^rhcr 
mark  of  confidence  could  be  given  him  than  the  fact  that  the  whole  I'acilic 
delegation  to  Congress  recently  recommended  him  for  promotion  to  MiuiH- 
ter  to  Peking,  a  position  still  more  distinguished  than  that  wliich  lie  is  now 
holding.  The  writer  of  this  brief  sketch  has  known  Judge  Donny  from  IiIh 
early  boyhood,  and  is  cognizant  of  the  facts  herein  stated.  His  early  strug- 
gles, his  after  triumphs,  and  his  still  promising  future,  are  tliemoB  upon 
which  much  more  could  be  written.  But  closing  here,  we  leave  liim  to  8till 
further 

"  Cast  for  himself  the  sounding  lino 
In  the  deep  ocean  of  futurity." 


HON.    JOHN    M.    GEARIN, 

Who  is  prominently  identified  with  the  Portland  legal  fraternity,  wa,s  bi)rn 
in  Umatilla  county,  Oregon,  on  the  15th  of  August,  1851.  His  earlier  years 
were  spent  in  the  schools  of  this  State,  and  his  education  was  completed  at 
Santa  Clara  College,  California.  After  graduating  at  that  noted  iiistitu- 
tion  of  learning  he  returned  home,  and  immediately  commenced  the  study 
of  law.  As  he  showed  evidence  of  more  than  iisual  ability,  his  friends 
pressed  him  into  the  political  field,  and  in  1874  he  was  elected  a  member  of 
the  Legislature  on  the  Democratic  ticket.  In  1875  he  was  elected  City  At- 
torney of  Portland,  and  in  1876  he  was  re-elected  to  the  same  position.  In  every 
position  that  he  has  been  chosen  to  fill  he  has  invariably  acquitted  himself 
in  a  highly  acceptable  manner,  doing  credit  to  himself  as  well  iis  to  tiiose 
whom  he  was  chosen  to  represent.  As  a  lawyer  he  is  quite  successful,  and 
his  prominence  commands  for  him  a  much  larger  practice  than  is  usually 
accorded  to  so  young  a  practitioner.  He  is  at  present  associated  with  Hem. 
0.  B.  Bellinger,  and  no  other  law  firm  is  more  extensively  and  favorably 
known  in  this  city  than  that  of  Bellinger  &  Gearin.  Mr.  Geariii  was  mar- 
ried in  1876  to  Miss  Tillie  Raleigh,  the  esteemed  daughter  of  the  late  P. 
Raleigh,  one  of  the  pioneers  of  this  State. 


Liee^d-ing  JouirneLlists. 


H.    W.    SCOTT, 

Cue  of  the  proprietors  and  Editor-in-Cbief  of  the  Daily  and  Weekly  "Ore- 
goniau,"  the  leading  journal  of  the  Northwest,  was  born  in  Tazewell 
county,  Illinois,  on  the  Ist  day  of  February,  1838.  At  the  age  of  fifteen 
years  he  removed  to  Oregon,  coming  across  the  plains  with  his  parents. 
Washington  Territory,  then  a  part  of  Oregon,  was  selected  as  a  place  of 
settlement,  but  the  family  came  to  Oregon  proper  in  1854  and  lived  for  two 
years  in  Clackamas  county.  Moat  of  the  time  from  his  arrival  on  the  coast 
till  1858  was  spent  by  Mr.  Scott  in  the  hardest  kind  of  farm  work,  of  which 
he  tired  finally  and  undertook  the  task  of  securing  an  education.  For  this 
purpose  he  entered  the  Pacific  University,  and,  after  five  years  close  study, 
came  out  of  that  institution  with  a  mind  well  fitted  for  the  prominent  posi- 
tion he  was  afterwards  called  to  take.  About  the  close  of  the  war  of 
the  Rebellion  he  assumed  the  editor's  chair  in  the  "  Oregonian"  office,  which 
he  has  since  continuously  filled,  with  the  exception  of  about  two  years, 
when  the  chief  writer  was  Hon.  W.  Lair  Hill.  Mr.  Scott's  style  as  a  jour- 
nalist is  peculiarly  his  own.  While  he  is  not  dashing  or  florid,  and  by  some 
is  regarded  as  occasionally  heavy,  his  writings  are  never  pointless.  He  goes 
home  to  the  root  of  his  subject,  and,  with  a  logic  that  is  strong  if  not  al- 
ways keen,  he  cuts  to  the  quick.  Trained  as  a  boy  by  a  Whig  father,  and 
receiving.his  first  lessons  in  pohtics  by  reading  Horace  Greeley  in  the  New 
York  "  Tribune,"  Mr.  Scott  haS  always  been  the  staunch  opponent  of  the 
Democratic  party,  though  of  late  years  he  has  shown  a  decided  leaning  to 
the  Democratic  idea  of  free  trade.  Under  his  editorial  management  the 
"  Oregonian"  has  become  the  largest  and  most  influential  newspaper  of  the 
Northwest,  and  its  utterances  have  been  given  more  prominence  in  the 
country  generally  than  those  of  any  other  journal  on  the  Pacific  Coast.  Har- 
vey W.  Scott  is  conceded  to  be  the  ablest  journaliat  in  the  Northwest. 


A.    NOLTNER. 

Mr.  A.  Noltner,  whose  name  occupies  a  foremost  position  amongst  the 
politicians  of  this  State,  came  to  Oregon  in  the  year  18.57,  and  in  the  Fall 
of  that  year  was  initiated  into  the  rudimentary  elements  of  typography  in 
the  town  of  Corvallis.  Two  years  later  he  became  associated  with  Hon. 
James  H.  Slater  in  the  publication  of  the  Corvallis  «  Union."  In  18G2  they 
sold  the  "  Union"  to  the  late  P.  J.  Malone.  Mr.  Noltner  then  removed  to 
Eugene  City,  where  he  published  the  "  Register"  until  1865,  when  he  re- 
moved it  to  Salem,  In  1868  he  sold  the  "Register,"  and  for  a  time  apphed 
his  attention  to  journey  work.    In  1870  he  purchased  the  Oregon  City  "En- 


REPRESENTATIVE    MEN    OF    OREGON.  *  183 

terprise"  and  conducted  that  paper  until  the  Fall  of  187").  In  Jaiuuiry, 
1876,  he  commenced  the  publication  of  the  Portland  Daily  and  Weekly 
"Standard,"  and  he  is  still  at  the  head  of  that  prosiierons  and  able  advo- 
cate of  Democratic  principles.  Mr.  Noltner  is  a  member  of  the  Independ- 
ent Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  and  has  passed  throu^di  the  various  oflicial 
chairvS.  In  1873  he  was  a  (xraud  Representative  of  the  Order  to  the  Sti- 
preme  Grand  Lodges,  and  he  was  also  the  institutiu<^  officer  of  the  Grand 
Lodge  of  British  Columbia,  the  Grand  Encampment  of  Oregon  and  the 
first  Subordinate  Encampment  of  Washington  Territory.  He  was  married 
in  1861  to  Miss  Ellen  Fox,  of  Albany,  and  two  years  later  became  a  wid- 
ower. He  was  married  a  second  time,  in  1865,  to  Miss  Martha  N.,  daujjbter 
of  the  late  James  E.  Williams,  one  of  the  early  pioneers  of  Oregon,  having 
arrived  here  in  1845,  Mrs.  N.  being  born  at  their  newly-settled  home  in 
Polk  county  in  1847.  Mr.  Noltner  is  what  may  be  termed  a  tliorough 
journalist,  being  a  practical  man  in  every  branch  of  the  business.  Being 
endowed  with  good  common  sense,  strengthened  by  a  more  than  average 
education,  and  having  a  full  knowledge  of  political  matters  generally,  he 
has  proven  to  be  a  valuable  acquisition  to  the  Democratic  party  in  this 
State,  to  which  he  has  been  allied  from  "  time  immemorial."  Personally, 
he  is  a  quiet,  genial,  unassuming  gentleman,  and  is  well  calculated  to  make 
friends  at  all  times,  both  for  himself  and  his  enterprise. 


T.  B.  MERRY. 
The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  the  city  of  New  York  in  1835,  and 
<}ame  to  California  in  '53.  He  commenced  writing  for  the  newspapers  in 
1855  as  a  free  lance,  and  since  that  time  has  been  employed  almost  con- 
tinuously in  journalistic  work.  In  1864  he  edited  the  Sacramento  "  Star," 
and  was  connected  with  the  "  Bee"  in  the  same  city  in  18G5,  in  an  editorial 
capacity.  Some  thirteen  years  ago  Tom  Merry  journeyed  to  Oregon,  where 
he  has  been  engaged  in  several  uewspape-  enterprises.  He  pulilished  the 
Coos  Bay  "News"  from  1873  to  1875,  and  the  "Inland  Empire"  at  The 
Dalles  from  1878  to  1880.  About  a  year  ago  Mr.  Merry,  in  recognition  of 
his  eminent  fitness  for  the  post,  was  selected  as  managing  eilitor  of  the 
"  Sunday  Oregouian,"  which  paper,  since  he  assumed  the  tripod,  has  been 
conducted  with  marked  ability.  He  wields  a  facile  pen  and  is  as  brilliant 
in  conversation  as  he  is  polished  in  diction.  His  English  is  pure,  strong 
and  sinewy,  and  he  never  impairs  the  force  of  it  by  a  qiK^tation  from  a 
foreign  tongue.  Out  of  his  wonderful  wealth  of  language,  he  can  always 
hit  the  nail  on  the  head  in  good,  vigorous  Saxon.  Coming  to  Cahfornia 
a  boy,  his  mind  was  as  wax  to  receive,  and  as  marble  to  retaui,  the  vivi.l 
impressions  of  the  Argonautic  era  and  pioneer  days,  which  he  has  so  faith- 
fully and  picturesquely  portrayed  in  those  reminiscences  of  which  hw  read- 
ers'never  tire.  Those  who  know  genial  Tom,  ana  have  listened  to  any  of 
his  good  stories  (and  as  a  "raconteur"  he  is  unrivaled),  will  id  ways  recall 
with  a  thrill  of  pleasure  his  many  exceUent  quaUties.  Tom  Merry  stands 
in  the  foremost  rank  of  Pacific  Coast  journahsts. 


184  '  REPEESENTATIVE    MEN    OF    OREGON. 


ALFRED    HOLMAN. 

Among  the  young  men  of  ability  in  this  State  who  have  come  to  the 
front  is  Alfred  Holman,  associate  editor  of  the  "  Oregonian."  He  is  twenty- 
five  years  old  and  a  native  Oregonian,  having  been  born  in  Yamhill  county, 
on  the  farm  of  his  grandfather,  the  late  Dr.  James  McBride.  Until  the 
age  of  fifteen  he  attended  public  schools  and  academies,. and  then  began 
the  foundation  for  a  career  in  journalism— began  it  in  the  composing  room 
and  took  "  Excelsior"  for  his  motto.  His  first  reportorial  work  was  in  1876 , 
and  he  served  at  odd  times  on  each  one  of  the  Portland  dailies.  In  the  po- 
sition of  reporter  and  of  city  editor  he  showed  great  energy  as  a  news- 
gatherer  and  excellent  judgment  in  handling  the  multifarious  matters 
which  every  day  come  under  the  supervision  of  a  local  editor.  He  did  not 
follow  the  beaten  path  of  a  jjlain  record  of  passing  events,  but  stamped  his 
news  items  and  comment  with  individutJity  of  style  that  always  made  them 
readable.  In  the  spring  of  1878  he  was  engaged  by  the  "  Oregonian"  as 
news  editor,  in  which  capacity  he  served  three  years,  when  he  was  promoted 
to  the  assistant  editorship.  During  the  past  year  he  visited  various  sec- 
tions of  the  new  Northwest  and  contribitted  to  his  journal  numerous  de- 
scriptive articles.  They  were  marked  by  evidence  of  keen  observation,  ac- 
curacy of  statement  and  freedom  from  dry  detail.  They  gave  just  what  the 
pubhc  generally,  and  intending  immigrants  particularly,  desired  to  learn, 
and  no  more,  except  occasionally  descriptions  of  persons  and  places  in  a  hu- 
morous vein.  The  letters  attracted  much  attention  and  have  been  incor- 
porated into  pamphlets  descriptive  of  Oregon  and  Washington  for  foreign 
distribution.  He  represented  the  "  Oregonian"  as  editorial  correspondent 
at  the  capital  during  the  recent  session  of  the  Legislature,  and  while  his 
daily  contributions  by  no  means  pleased  those  who  opposed  the  course  laid 
out  and  followed  by  the  journal  in  the  Senatorial  question,  he  showed  vigor 
of  thought  and  expression  which  opponents  were  compelled  to  admire. 
His  writings,  as  a  rule,  evince  terseness  and  strength.  He  has  already  at- 
tained a  high  place  among  Oregon  journalists,  and  few  young  men  of  the 
State  give  promise  of  a  brighter  future. 


S.    A.    MORELAND,  * 

Editor-in-chief  of  the  Portland  "  Evening  Telegram,"  first  saw  the  light  of 
day  in  Jackson  county,  Tennessee,  November  1,  1836.  When  he  was 
twelve  years  old  his  parents  removed  to  Illinois,  where  they  resided  for  four 
years.  Young  Moreland,  then  a  rugged  lad  of  sixteen,  started  across  the 
plains  to  Oregon  with  his  parents,  and  like  many  another  eminent  pioneer, 
drove  an  ox  team.  In  the  fall  of  1852  the  family  located  at  Hardscrabble, 
in  Clackamas  coxmty,  which  was  not  a  particularly  inviting  region  at  that 
period.  The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  am  ambitious  youth,  and  soon  tired 
of  the  plow  on  his  father's  farm.  He  came  to  Portland  in  1857  and  after- 
wards entered  the  law  office  of  Hon.  L.  F.  Grover,  the  present  U.  S.  Senator 
from  Oregon,  where  he  prepared  himself  for  the  legal  profession.  While 
studying  law  he  supported  himself  by  his  pen.  Mr.  Moreland  has  been 
honored  by  his  fellow  citizens  in  Portland  in  various  ways,  having  been 


REPRESENTATIVE    MEN    OF    OREGON.  IK'', 


Police  Judge,  Justice  of  the  Peace,  and  City  Assessor.  In  1872  Jtxdjje 
Moreland  was  attached  to  the  staff  of  the  "  Oregonian"  as  commercial  ed- 
itor. During  the  campaign  of  18S()  the  leading  ijai)er  was  under  the  sole 
editorial  management  of  Judge  Moreland,  whose  articles  were  well-timed, 
vigorous  and  trenchant,  and  stamped  their  author  as  a  man  of  much  ahihty. 
Judge  Moreland  is  at  present  PoHce  Magistrate  in  the  city  of  Portland. 
In  private,  as  in  public,  hfe  he  is  universally  respected  and  esteemed  f.irliis 
many  excellent  qualities  of  head  and  heart. 


W.    H.    ODELL 

Is  the  talented  editor  and  proprietor  of  the  Oregon  Daily  and  Weekly 
"  Statesman."  His  pen  is  an  able  and  versatile  one,  and  on  many  an  occa- 
sion has  proved  itself  "  mightier  than  the  trusted  sword."  He  was  born  in 
Carroll  county,  Indiana,  in  the  year  1880.  Was  raised  on  his  father's  farm, 
and  prior  to  his  majority  received  only  the  advantages  of  a  common  school 
education.  In  the  year  1851  young  William  with  his  parents  crossed  the 
plains  to  the  then  far-off  Oregon,  driving  an  ox  team  all  the  way.  When 
the  family  arrived  here  they  located  in  Yamhill  county,  and  the  subject  of 
this  short  sketch  remained  there  with  his  parents  till  April,  1S5S,  at  which 
time  he  entered  the  Oregon  Institute,  now  the  Willamette  University, 
where  he  spent  two  years  drinking  at  the  fonts  of  knowledge.  After  com- 
pleting his  education  he  was  married  to  Mrs.  E.  F.  Thurston,  and  for  five 
years  subsequently  he  lived  on  his  farm  in  Yamhill  county.  In  September, 
1860,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Odell  took  charge  of  the  Sautiam  Academy,  wliere  he 
remained  three  years;  from  thence  they  removed  to  Albany  and  took  charge 
of  the  public  schools  of  that  city.  In  1864  Mr.  Odell  removed  to  Eugene 
City  and  accepted  the  appointment  of  United  States  Deputy  Surveyor, 
which  position  he  retained  till  January,  1871,  when  he  was  api^ointed 
United  States  Surveyor  General  of  the  State  of  Oregon.  He  remained  in 
this  important  office  till  1874.  He  was  honored  by  the  Republican  party  of 
the  State  of  Oregon  in  1876  and  made  an  elector  on  the  Hayes  and  Wheeler 
ticket.  In  May,  1877,  he  embarked  in  the  newspaper  business,  and  by  his 
ability  as  a  writer  and  his  sagacity  as  a  business  man,  has  made  the  "States- 
man" the  influential  journal  that  it  is  at  the  present  time. 


T.  A.  SUTHERLAND, 
Editor  of  the  Portland  "  Sunday  Welcome,"  is  well-known  as  one  of  the 
most  promising  journalists  on  the. coast.  He  was  born  in  San  Diego,  Cali- 
fornia, May  1,  1850,  and  was  the^  first  American  child  ushered  into  ex- 
istence in  that  charming  little  town.  He  was  educated  at  Santa  Clara  Col- 
lege, California,  and  finished  at  Harvard  University,  at  Cambridge,  Massa- 
chusetts. He  subsequently  studied  law  in  Philadelphia,  but  never  embarked 
in  the  practice  of  that  profession.  He  regularly  esfxiused  the  trying  i)nrKuit  of 
journalism  in  1875,  having,  however,  pre^dously  contributed  to  I^astcrn  re- 
views and  newspapers.  Since  Mr.  Sutherland's  connection  with  the  daily 
press,  he  has  represented  the  New  York  "Herald"  as  war  correspondent  in 


186  KEPRESENTATIVE    MEN    OF    OREGON. 


the  Nez  Perce  campaigu,  in  which  he  served  upon  the  staff  of  General  O.  O. 
Howard,  with  the  rank  of  Lieutenant,  and  the  San  Francisco  "Chronicle  " 
duriuf,'  the  Bannock  war.  Mr.  Sutherland  is  a  Democrat  in  politics, 
and  was  Editor-in-Chief  of  the  Portland  "  Standard,"  the  leading  Dem- 
ocratic organ  of  Oregon,  for  nearly  a  year,  from  the  Summer  of  1881  to  the 
same  time  in  1882.  As  a  writer,  he  is  clear,  forcible  and  convincing.  He 
never  strikes  a  blow  with  a  bludgeon,  but  pierces  his  adversary,  as  with  the 
thrust  of  a  rapier.  He  is  well-informed,  not  upon  State  and  national  affairs 
only,  but  upon  European  matters  as  well,  having  passed  nearly  two  years 
at  one  time  abroad.  About  a  year  and  a  half  ago  he  was  united  in  marriage 
to  a  daughter  of  Rev.  W.  C.  Chattin,  of  Portland.     He  has  no  children  living. 


W.    S.    CHAPMAN 

Is  a  native  Oregonian,  having  been  born  at  Portland  on  July  3,  1850.  In 
1853  his  parents  moved  to  Southern  Oregon,  and  returned  to  Portland  in 
1861,  where  they  and  he  have  resided  ever  since.  At  the  time  of  his  return 
to  Portland  he  could  not  write  his  name,  but  he  evinced  due  appreciation 
of  the  opportunities  for  schooling  then  at  hand,  and  in  July,  1867,  he  was 
employed  by  the  City  Surveyor  of  Portland,  and,  showing  a  knowledge  of 
the  business,  was  soon  entrusted  with  the  most  important  work.  However, 
at  the  end  of  six  months  he  quit  the  office,  and  went  to  school  at  the  Port- 
land Academy,  pursuing  several  studies  "  on  the  side,"  caught  up  with  his 
class  and  with  them  graduated  in  July,  1868.  The  next  day  he  was  em- 
ployed as  Assistant  City  Surveyor,  which  position  he  held  almost  continu- 
ously, under  different  City  Surveyors,  until  the  first  election  after  he  be- 
came "  of  age,"  when  he  was  chosen  City  Surveyor  of  Portland.  In  the 
meantime  he  had  been  employed  to  make  surveys  and  inaugurate  systems 
of  street  grades  for  Vancouver,  Astoria,  East  Portland  and,  eventually,  the 
capital  of  the  State,  where  he  also  set  the  stakes  for  the  many  corners  and 
angles  of  the  State  Capitol  building.  He  held  the  office  two  years,  when 
a  turn  in  the  political  wheel  caused  his  removal,  he  having  been  a  Repub- 
lican, though  he  was  at  first  elected  by  Democratic  and  Republican  votes, 
and  thereby  beat  the  Republican  caucus  nominee.  When  his  successor 
was  elected,  there  were  only  two  Republicans  against  seven  Independents  in 
the  Common  Council,  and  as  he  never  took  any  stock  in  "  half-breedism," 
he  had  to  be  punished.  In  1878  he  was  again  chosen  City  Surveyor,  and 
held  the  office  nearly  four  years.  In  the  meantime  he  was  engaged  as  edi- 
tor of  the  Daily  "  Bee"  in  1876,  and  became  owner  of  it  in  1877,  and  suc- 
ceeded within  one  year  in  bringing  the  paper  to  a  paying  basis,  though  it 
was  opposed  by  the  O.  S.  N.  Company,  the  "Oregonian"  and  "bank crowd," 
of- Portland.  On  taking  the  Surveyor's  office  in  August,  1878,  the  "Bee" 
fell  into  other  hands  and  soon  began  to  decline.  The  most  deserving  pub- 
lic work  in  which  Mr.  Chapman  was  engaged  was  the  valuable  assistance 
which  he  rendered  his  father,  Colonel  W.  W.  Chapman,  in  the  latter's  efforts 
in  1872-8  to  establish  a  railroad  from  Portland  up  the  Columbia  river  and 
to  the  Union  Pacific,  he  having  given  his  father  for  the  cause  over  $6,000, 
a  liberal  sum  from  "the  boy  Surveyor,"  besides  having  graded  several  hun- 


REPEESENTATIVE    MEN    OF    OlIKCiON.  isT 


died  feet  of  road  aud  made  a  number  of  surveys  aloiiir  the  Columbi«  river 
for  the  comi.any.  These  efforts  of  Col.  Chapman  and  liis  son  Unally  attracted 
the  attentiou  of  Eastern  capitalists,  au<l  ^'reatly  coudiu-ed  towards  seeuriu*,' 
the  present  railroad  development  of  the  State.  Auotlier  worthy  puldie  en- 
terprise was  the  establishment  of  the  Jelieisou  street  ferry  at  PoitlaucL 
The  new  ferry  is  a^aeat  piiblie  conveuienco,  and  is  tln'  only  ouo  of  many 
which  succeeded  in  overcomin-r  tlio  opposition  of  the  parties*  wlio  <»wn  the 
Stark  street  ferry.  Mr.  Chapman  was  also  cliieliy  enj^'ayjed  in  or>,'aniziny 
and  making  successful  the  East  Rjitland  water  company,  which,  after  a 
long  fight,  gained  a  local  franchise  and  promi)tly  built  water  works.  He 
still  controls  the  ferry  company  aud  owns  a  considerable  interest  in  the 
East  Portland  water  company.  Mr.  Ciiapman  has  been  quite  successful  as 
a  jouinalist,  having  made  the  "  Sunday  Mercury,"  of  which  he  owns  a  half 
interest,  one  of  the  most  successful  and  best  paying  papers  in  Portland. 
He  is  temperate  in  all  his  habits,  using  neither  liquor  or  tol)aeco,  strange 
as  it  may  appear  in  an  active  politician.  He  is  still  a  young  man,  unmar- 
ried, and  promises  to  be  one  of  the  "  solid  men"  of  the  metropolis. 


L.  SAMUELS, 
The  enterprising  aud  progressive  editor  and  proprietor  of  the  "  West 
Shore,"  is  a  gentleman  who  has  done  as  much  as  any  other  for  the  i)oi)ula- 
tion  and  advancement  of  this  State  and  the  entire  Northwest.  He  wns  born 
in  Germany  about  thirty-four  years  ago,  aud  came  to  America  in  childhood, 
drifting  westward  as  far  as  Sacramento,  California,  where  he  was  raised 
and  received  his  education.  Having  a  love  for  the  nevtspafier  business,  he 
started  out  as  a  newsboy,  and  gradually  worked  his  way  up  until  in  a  few 
years  later  he  became  the  jjroprietor  of  the  "  Traveler's  (Juide,"  a  weekly 
publication,  which  he  conducted  successfully  for  three  years.  He  then 
came  to  Oregon,  and  becoming  impressed  with  the  great  natural  advantages 
of  the  State,  determined  to  do  what  he  could  to  make  them  known  to  the 
outer  world,  and  accordingly,  in  1875,  he  commenced  the  publication  of  the 
"West  Shore,"  as  a  monthly  journal.  Mr.  Samuels'  object  in  establishing 
the  "West  Shore"  was  for  the  purj^ose  of  setting  forth  the  superior  advan- 
tages which  this  country  offers  to  the  immigrant,  and  to  give  all  the  neces- 
sary information  in  a  simple  and  comprehensive  manner.  From  the  very 
outset  the  "West  Shore"  has  beeu  a  success:  making  its  advent  as  a  small 
and  unpretentious  neAvspaper,  it  has  made  for  itself  a  world-wide  reputation 
and  stands  to-day  unrivaled  in  its  particular  field  of  journalism.  And  fur- 
ther than  this,  its  object  has  been  accomplished,  aud  through  its  instru- 
mentality thousands  and  thousands  of  immigrants  have  been  encouraged 
to  locate  iu  our  State.  In  order  to  bring  about  this  grand  result/Mr. 
Samuels  has  spared  neither  time  nor  money;  he  has  established  agencies  all 
over  the  United  States  aud  iu  Europe,  aud  very  frequently  he  has  went  so 
far  even  as  to  have  editions  printed  in  the  Gorman  aud  Scandinavian  An- 
guao-es  and  sent  on  to  those  countries,  that  their  inhabitants  might  read  ni 
their  native  tongue.  He  has  at  the  present  time  a  corps  of  Held  artists  and 
a  number  of  lithographers  constantly  employed,  and  the  leading  journals 


188  REPRESENTATIVE    MEN    OF    OREGON. 


of  this  State  and  country  have  justly  commended  the  superiority  of  their 
work  as  beyond  the  reach  of  rivalry.  At  the  present  time  the  "  West  Shore" 
can  be  found  in  nearly  every  town  and  city  in  the  United  States  and  Eu- 
rope, and  it  is  j^aining  favor  with  each  succeeding  issue.  This  simply  dem- 
onstrates that  Mr.  Samuels'  efforts  to  make  his  paper  first-class  in  every 
particular  have  been  duly  appreciated,  and  we  might  add  here,  that  the 
Land  officers  also  prefer  it  to  any  other  publication.  Anxious  for  the  pros- 
perity of  the  great  State  of  Oregon,  which  is  now  in  its  infancy,  and  with  a 
heartfelt  desire  to  see  her  take  her  place  in  the  constellation  of  States  in 
the  most  exalted  position,  we  hope  that  Mr.  Samuels  is  but  just  entering 
upon  the  great  work  which  is  destined  to  accomplish  it,  and  we  know  that 
his  efforts  will  be  successful. 


JOHN    J.    BURNETT 

Associate  editor  of  the  Portland  "  Sunday  Welcome,"  first  saw  daylight  on 
the  15th  of  September,  1845,  in  the  city  of  Philadelphia.  His  parents  were 
Virginians  and  while  the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  very  young  they  removed 
to  Chicago,  taking  him  with  them.  At  an  early  age  he  entered  the  Univer- 
sity of  Chicago,  and,  while  peacefully  pursuing  his  studies,  the  threatening 
war  clouds  which  long  had  foreboded  disaster  burst,  and  the  nation  was  en- 
gulfed in  strife.  Though  but  a  slender  lad,  young  Burnett  joined  the  Nine- 
teenth Illinois  Volunteers  as  a  private  in  the  early  part  of  '61.  Enough  of 
his  war  record  to  say  that  he  received  his  share  of  hard  knocks  and  was 
gazetted  an  officer  for  brave  and  meritorious  conduct.  He  served  until 
August,  1864,  when  he  returned  to  his  home.  After  the  close  of  the  Rebel- 
lion he  came  west  and  settled  in  Idaho.  In  1869  he  found  himself  in  Ore- 
gon, where  he  has  remained  almost  without  intermission  ever  since..  In 
1872  he  began  his  career  as  a  journalist  and  has  been  actively  engaged  up 
to  the  present  time  in  the  arduous  details  incidental  to  the  daily  grind  of 
the  newspaper  office.  There  is  no  occasion  to  dwell  upon  Mr.  Burnett's 
standing  as  a  writer.  Contributing  as  he  has  been  for  years-  to  one  or  the 
other  of  the  Portland  papers,  he  understands  not  only  how  to  write  but 
what  to  Avrite  about.  His  style  is  pure,  clear  and  succinct,  never  aiming  at 
brilliant  figures  of  speech,  nor  straining  after  eflect,  but  appealing  directly 
and  understaudingly  to  the  mind  of  every-day  men  and  women  with  a  terse- 
ness that  is  commendable.  Politically,  Mr.  Burnett  is  a  war  Democrat; 
personally,  he  is  one  of  the  most  affable  and  popular  men  in  the  State.  He 
is  married  to  an  estimable  lady,  and  one  child,  a  girl,  is  the  fruit  of  their 
union. 

E.    L.    OOLDWELL, 

The  well-known  and  popular  city  editor  of  the  "Daily  Standard,"  is  one 
of  those  jovial,  genial  fellows  that  it  does  one  good  to  meet.  He  is  a  Nova 
Scotian  by  birth  and  came  to  this  State  in  1869,  since  which  time  he  has 
almost  continuously  been  connected  with  some  printing  or  newspaper  office 
m  the  various  capacities  of  pressman,  compositor  or  reporter,  in  any  of 
which  positions  he  is  equally  at  home.     He  is  familiarly  known  by  his  print- 


REPRESENTATIVE    MEN    OF    OREGON.  189 

inj?  office  nickname  "Jerry,"  to  wLicb  he  has  become  accustomed,  niul  many 
who  have  known  him  for  years  suppose  it  to  be  his  true  nanu\  He  waH em- 
ployed in  the  job  printing  establisliment  of  A.  O.  Walling  for  three  yean* 
and  afterward  in  the  State  priutiuK  office  at  Salem  as  pressman  during 
tkree  consecutive  sessions  of  the  Leyrislature.  He  was  city  editor  of  the 
Portland  "Daily  Standard"  for  over  a  year,  and  has  been  connected  with 
the  "  Bulletin,'"  "  Herald,"  Salem  "  Mercury"  and  "  Statesman,"  and  a  num- 
ber of  other  papers,  until  nearly  every  one  knows  him.  He  tried  farminjf 
on  a  ranch  nei.r  Salem  for  a  time,  but  not  liking  the  life  of  a  prunj^er, 
"  hung  up  the  shovel  and  the  hoe"  and  struck  out  for  Portland,  where  he 
"  kicked  for  a  job"  at  the  first  printing  office  he  came  to,  securing  a  situation 
on  the  "  Bee"  on  the  day  of  his  arrival.  It  is  evident  that  "  Jerry"  lias  now 
adopted  a  business  for  which  he  is  by  nature  particularly  adapted.  He  is  a 
"hail  fellow  well  met"  with  all  classes  of  people,  an  industriou.s,  indefatiga- 
ble worker,  with  quick  eyes  and  ears,  a  pleasant  writer,  possessing  rare  de- 
scriptive faculties,  and  enjoying  the  reputation  in  Portland  of  being  the 
peer  of  the  very  best  in  his  profession.  "Jerry"  is  destined  to  meet  with 
well  merited  success  in  the  profession  he  has  chosen,  and  the  writer,  who 
has  known  him  for  years,  wishes  him  prosperity  meted  out  full  measure  and 
overflowing.     He  has  resigned  his  position,  to  accept  one  on  the  "Oregoniau." 

A.  M.  CLINTON, 
The  city  editor  of  the  Daily  Evening  "Telegram,"  is  a  native  of  New  York 
City,  where  he  was  born  May  1,  1836.  He  was  educated  for  tliat  most 
trying  of  all  pursuits,  teaching,  which  vocation  he  followed  faithfully  for 
seven  years,  and  during  this  time  he  became  an  occasional  contributor  to 
the  press,  his  articles  invariably  denoting  no  little  thought  and  vigor.  He 
entered  regularly  into  newspaper  life  years  ago,  and  has  been  everything 
from  reporter  and  con-espondent  to  editor  and  business  manager.  He  af- 
terwards embarked  in  mercantile  pursuits,  but  the  old  fascination  of  jour- 
nalism coming  upon  him,  in  1874  he  returned  to  newspaper  work.  Since 
that  time  he  has  been  editor  of  the  "Pacific  Monthly,"  on  the  statl'  r)f  the 
Portland  "Bee,"  and  for  a  brief  while  has  been  city  editor  of  the  Daily 
"Standard."  For  the  past  eighteen  months  Mr.  Clinton  has  ably  filled  the 
position  of  city  editor  of  the  Evening  "  Telegram."  Since' he  assumed  the 
tripod,  that  paper  has  been  noted  for  the  clean  and  wholesome  tenor  of  its 
articles  and  is  eagerly  sought  for  by  many  citizens  on  that  account.  Those 
who  have  been  associated  with  Mr.  Clinton  in  newspaper  work  regard  him 
as  a  man  of  sterling  traits  of  character,  who  is  always  striving  with  pen  and 
tongue  to  lift  up  his  fellow  men. 


M.  F.  BLAKE. 
Reporter  of  the  "  Daily  Evening  Telegram,"  is  a  native  of  New  York  City, 
twenty-five  years  of  age.  He.  received  a  sound  education  in  the  public 
schools  at  the  great  metropolis,  and  afterwards  studied  meilicine  for  some 
years.  Before  graduating  he  gave  up  the  study,  and  after  contributing  for 
some  time  to  several  weekly  papers  of  his  native  city,  he  followed  Horace 


190  REPEESENTATIVE    MEN    OF    OREGON. 


Greeley's  advice  to  "Go  West  and  grow  up  with  the  country."  He  landed 
in  San  Jose,  California,  about  three  years  ago, and  during  his  stay  tLere  was 
connected  with  the  "Times"  and  other  daily  papers.  Allured  by  the  ac- 
counts he  heard  of  the  Northwest,  he  drifted  to  Oregon.  Within  a  few  days 
after  his  arrival  in  Portland  he  was  attached  to  the  morning  "  Standard  "  in 
the  capacity  of  reporter.  After  a  very  brief  stay  in  the  Webfoot  metropohs 
he  journeyed  to  Oregon  City,  where  he  accepted  the  position  of  traveling 
correspondent  for  the  "Enterprise,"  one  of  the  best  interior  journals  in  the 
State.  His  articles,  written  over  the  nom  de  plume  of  "Wilkins  Micawber," 
were  widely  read  at  the  time.  After  performing  some  very  creditable  work 
on  the  last-named  paper,  Mr.  H.  L.  Pittock,  of  the  "Oregonian,"  having  con- 
ceived a  favorable  impression  of  young  Blake  sent  for  him  and  offered  him  a 
position  on  the  city  staff  of  the  "  Oregonian."  After  remaining  for  some 
months  on  Oregon's  leading  paper,  Mr.  BL'ke  was  transferred  to  the  "  Even- 
ing Telegram/'  where  he  had  an  opportunity  of  .showing  his  mettle  as  a 
journahst.  He  has  won  an  enviable  reputation  as  a  writer  and  as  one  of  the 
most  energetic  and  indefatigable  news-gatherers  in  Portland,  no  trouble, 
labor,  or  danger  being  considered  too  great  if  thereby  he  can  secure  for  the 
"  Telegram  "  the  first  publication  of  a  piece  of  news.  He  is  an  enthusiast 
in  his  profession,  and  by  his  energy  and  enterprise  has  contributed  largely 
to  the  reputation  of  that  paper.  He  is  a  genial,  whole-souled  young  man, 
and  a  close  student,  not  only  of  books  but  of  human  nature,  and  as  his  soul 
is  in  his  work  it  is  certain  that  he  will  achieve  distinction  in  the  field  of  la- 
bor he  has  chosen.  Mr.  Blake  has  resigned  his  post  on  the  "  Telegram,"  and 
his  connection  with  that  paper  will  cease  about  December  1,  1882.  He  has 
been  offered  an  advanced  position  on  the  "  Morning  News,"  a  new  journal- 
istic enterprise,  the  publication  of  which  is  to  be  commenced  in  Portland 
during  the  month  of  December.  He  has  decided  to  link  his  fortunes  with 
the  new  venture,  and  his  many  friends  wish  him  success. 


HON.    THOMAS    J.    STITES. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Piituam  county,  Indiana,  October 
25,  1889,  and  with  his  parents  moved  to  Illinois  (Edgar  county)  in  1841, 
where  he  resided  until  18.54,  wheii  they  moved  to  Missouri,  where  they  re- 
mained until  1862,  when  with  an  older  brother  Mr.  Stites  came  to  Oregon, 
having  crossed  the  plains  with  an  ox  team.  His  early  life  was  spent  on  a 
farm  and  his  educational  advantages  were  very  limited,  being  embraced 
chiefly  in  twelve  months'  attendance  at  a  private  country  school.  He  has 
been  a  deep  reader,  however,  and  by  this  means  has  acquired  an  extensive 
knowledge  on  general  subjects  and  succeeded  in  making  himself  a  very  suc- 
cessful teacher,  which  profession  he  followed  for  a  number  of  years  both  in 
Missouri  and  since  his  arrival  in  Oregon,  having  taught  in  Clackamas,  Ben- 
ton, Lane,  Linn  and  Yamhill  counties.  He  has  always  been  a  Democrat, 
and  for  a  number  of  years  past  has  taken  an  active  interest  in  politics.  He 
was  elected  a  member  of  the  House  of  Representatives  from  Linn  county 
in  1868,  and  took  a  prominent  part  in  the  railroad  fight  over  land  grants 
during  that  session.    He  was  elected   County   School   Superintendent  of 


KEPEESENTATIVE    MEN    OF    OREGON.  VM 

Linn  county  in  1870,  and  re-elected  in  1872,  in  wliicl\  year  he  took  cliarRe  of 
the  Albany  public  schools.  In  1876  he  was  elected  County  Clerk  of  Linn 
county,  running  over  one  hundred  ahead  of  liis  ticket,  and  in  1H8()  was  the 
Democratic  candidate  for  State  Superintendent  of  Public  Tust ruction,  ami 
was  defeated  by  but  seventy  votes.  He  served  four  years  as  Private  Secre- 
tary to  Gov.  Thayer,  during  which  time  he  read  Jaw  and  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  in  July,  1880.  He  has  recently  purchased  a  half  interest  in  the  Al- 
bany "Democrat,"  and  will  hereafter  devote  his  attention  to  journalism. 
He  was  married  in  1868  to  Miss  M.  J.  Martin,  of  Harrisburg,  and  they  have 
two  children  living.  Mr.  Stites  is  a  member  of  the  L  O.  O.  F.  and  of  tlie 
A.  O.  XJ.  W.,  having  occupied  positions  of  trust  in  each.  Mr.  Stites  is  of 
rather  more  than  medium  height,  slim  and  sharp  featured,  with  heavj-  hair 
and  beard,  in  which  we  find  a  silver  thread  quite  frequently.  He  is  not 
handsome,  but  passes  well  in  a  crowd.  He  has  a  host  of  warm  personal 
friends,  and  feels  more  at  home  in  old  Linn  than  elsewhere.*  We  may  ex- 
pect a  lively  paper  in  the  "Democrat"  during  ensuing  political  campaigns. 

JOHN    ROOK, 

Editor  and  proprietor  of  the  Oregon  City  "Enterprise,"  is  one  of  the  rising 
men  of  Oregon.  He  Avas  born  at  Barnstaple,  England,  in  December,  1848. 
He  received  his  education  in  the  schools  and  academy  of  his  native  city,  and 
afterwards  at  the  Wesleyan  College,  Taunton.  He  then  went  to  Les  Aude- 
lys,  France,  where  he  studied  for  some  time  longer.  He  returned  to  England 
and  entered  a  merchant's  office  in  Swansea,  South  Wales.  He  next  em- 
barked in  business  at  home,  and  shortly  after  we  find  him  a  clerk  in  a  Lon- 
don railroad  office.  Mr.  Rock's  father  had  lived  in  America  for  some  years, 
and  his  glowing  accounts  of  the  country,  together  with  the  reading  of 
American  newspapers,  fired  the  young  man's  mind  with  the  idea  of  coming 
to  the  United  States.  He  landed  in  New  York  City,  in  1870.  After  a  very 
brief  stay  in  western  New  York  he  drifted  to  Illinois  and  thence  to  Iowa. 
He  reached  Oregon  in  1872,  and  the  conviction  resolutely  settled  itself  upon 
his  mind  that  he  struck  the  desired  spot.  After  teaching  school  for  six 
years  in  various  parts  of  this  State,  he  settled  at  Oregon  City  and  for  a  brief 
while  was  engaged  in  buying  wheat.  All  his  life,  since  early  manhood  he 
had  been  a  scribbler  for  one  paper  or  another.  In  1878  he  visited  Eurojje, 
and  upon  his  return  he  astsumed  the  editor's  chair  of  the  "Enterprise,"  which 
he  has  ably  filled.  Mr.  Rock  is  a  Republican  in  politics,  and  his  editorial 
utterances  are  carefully  read  by  most  of  the  leading  men  in  the  State. 


MAJOR  ENOCH  G.  ADAMS, 
Nothing  can  be  found  in  the  pages  of  this  book  that  will  prove  more  in- 
teresting than  the  genealogy  of  the  historic  family  from  which  Major  Enoch 
G.  Adams  has  descended.  As  we  trace  his  lineage  back  to  Revolutionary 
times,  we  find  that  each  son  has  proven  to  be  a  worthy  successor  to  a  valiant 
sire,  and  that  the  noble  blood  which  Howed  through  the  veins  of  Major 
Adams'  ancestors  has  not  lost  any  of  its  patriotic  purity  or  been  tlegeuerated 


192  EEPRESENTATIVE    MEN    OF    OREGON 


in  being  transmitted  from  one  generation  to  the  other.  Major  Adams  was 
born  in  Bow,  Merrimac  connty,  New  Hampshire,  about  fifty  years  ago.  His 
father  was  Rev.  John  Adams,  a  Methodist  preacher,  and  a  descendant  of 
Rev.  Joseph  Adams,  uncle  of  John  Adams,  second  President  of  the  United 
States.  His  mother's  name  was  Sarah  Sanderson,  of  Waterford  county, 
Maine.  Her  father,  Stephen  Sanderson,  was  a  soldier  of  the  Revolu- 
tionary war.  On  his  mother's  side  Major  Adams  is  descended  from  the  Dud- 
leys, also  Bradstreets  and  Aldens,  Governors  of  Massachusetts  colony.  On 
his  father's  side  he  is  descended  from  the  Gilmans,  Avho  were  noted  m  the 
early  history  of  Massachusetts.  His  father,  being  a  man  of  wealth,  spared 
no  expense  to  educate  his  two  sons  properly,  and  the  result  was  that  Major 
Adams  and  his  brother  John  were,  in  their  younger  days,  provided  with 
tutors  at  home,  and  afterwards  completed  their  studies  at  Yale  College, 
Major  Adams  graduating  therefrom  in  1849,  the  youngest  of  his  class,  and 
his  brother  in  1850.  After  graduating,  the  Major  taught  school  in  the 
States  of  New  Hampshire,  Massachusetts,  Maryland  and  Missouri,  and 
through  his  occupation  as  teacher  he  has  become  widely  known  to  the  rising 
generation  throughout  the  length  and  breadth  of  the  land.  He  was  married 
to  Miss  Sarah  C.  Plumer,  of  Newburyport,  Massachusetts,  in  1850,  and  three 
years  after  his  wife  died,  and  in  addition  to  this  bereavement  he  also  lost 
the  two  children  she  bore  him.  The  Major  was  a  regular  contributor  for 
the  "  Olive  Branch,"  in  Boston,  and  the  "  Ladies'  Repository,"  in  Cincinnati, 
Ohio,  his  contributions  being  chiefly  of  a  poetic  niiture.  In  April,  1861,  he 
enlisted  in  Company  D,  Second  N.  H.  Regiment,  and  was  afterwards  wound- 
ed at  the  battle  of  Williamsburg,  the  bl^llet  yet  remaining  in  his  body  He 
fought  in  the  peach  orchard,  at  the  battle  of  Gettysburg,  and  is  the  only 
officer  living  of  the  Second  New  Hampshire  that  escaped  being  wounded. 
Twenty-four  out  of  twenty-six  officers  were  either  killed  or  wounded,  and 
the  other  officer  was  afterwards  killed  at  the  battle  of  the  Wilderness.  At 
Point  Lookout,  Maryland,  his  time  having  expired,  he  was  discharged  from 
the  Second  New  Hampshire,  and  was  commissioned  Captain  of  Company 
D,  First  United  States  Volunteer  Infantry,  (enlisted  prisoners  of  war,) 
under  General  Butler,  by  order  of  President  Lincoln.  In  1864  his  regiment 
was  transferred  to  Fort  Rice,  Dakota  Territory,  and  from  May  10  till  Sep- 
tember 1,  1865,  he  commanded  that  fort,  and  during  that  period  met  and 
vanquished  the  famous  Sitting  Bull  and  three  thousand  warriors,  killing 
with  his.  own  hands  two  of  the  most  noted  chiefs  of  the  Mmnesota  massacre 
—Red  Dog  and  Big  Thunder.  He  was  brevetted  Major  on  the  13th  of 
March,  1864,  by  the  President  and  the  United  States  Senate,  and  was 
mustered  out  of  service  in  Leavenworth,  Kansas,  November  27,  1865,  with 
the  most  distinguished  and  well-merited  honors.  He  was  married  to  his 
present  wife  in  1863,  whilst  at  home  on  a  leave  of  absence.  She  is  the 
daughter  of  James  Libby,  of  Berwick,  York  county,  Maine.  They  have  two 
children  living.  Major  Adams  came  to  Portland  early  in  1866,  and  for  a 
time  taught  high  school  in  the  vestry  of  the  Baptist  church,  afterwards  re- 
moving to  Astoria,  where  he  continued  teaching  until  1867.  In  that  year  he 
was  appointed  Grand  Lecturer  of  the  Good  Templars,  and  whilst  filling  that 


KEPEESENTATIVE    MEN    OF    OREGON.  193 


position  he  organized  about  forty  lodges  in  Oregon  and  Washington  Terri- 
tory. In  1867  he  pre-empted  the  claim  on  which  he  Hves  at  St.  H(*lenH.  He 
then  went  to  Vancouver  and  bought  the  "Register,"  which  pai)cr  he  ran 
for  the  next  three  years,  iu  the  meantime  being  appointed  Register  of  the 
Land  Office  at  that  place.  In  1871  he  sold  his  paper  and  moved  to  St. 
Helens,  where  he  has  since  resided,  and  during  moat  of  the  time  has  been 
Justice  of  the  Peace  of  the  district  in  which  he  lives.  Two  years  ago  he 
started  the  "Columbian,"  and  it  is  now  regarded  as  the  liveliest  country 
paper  in  the  State,  and  is  certainly  the  most  original  in  its  character  of  any 
paper  we  have  ever  seen,  ilie  Major  has  a  happy  and  pointed  way  of  ex- 
pressing all  the  passing  thoughts  that  crowd  on  his  busy  braiu,  and  whilst 
these  expressions  are  amusing  to  some,  they  cause  others  to  become  <iuito 
antagonistic;  but  woe  betide  the  man  who  takes  up  the  cudgel  against  the 
Major,  for  he  is  noted  for  being  not  only  mighty  with  the  pen  and  the  sword, 
but  also  dexterous  in  flourishing  his  trusty  cane.  For  special  valor  dis- 
played on  one  occasion,  in  Oregon  City,  Major  Adams  was  presented,  by 
the  citizens  of  that  place,  with  a  silver  mounted  cane,  with  the  suggestive 
words,  "  For  use,"  engraven  on  it.  On  July  4,  1881,  he  delivered  an  original 
poem  at  the  grand  celebration  in  Vancouver,  before  ten  thousand  people, 
and  received  the  highest  enconiums  from  all  for  his  spirited  and  appropri- 
ate production.  In  a  volume  entitled  "  New  Hampshire  Poets,"  nine  selec- 
tions have  been  chosen  from  the  pen  of  Major  Adams,  as  well  as  selections 
by  his  sister,  Mrs.  Mary  A.  Senter,  and  also  his  brother,  both  now  deceased. 
The  whole  family  were  infused  with  a  poetic  nature.  It  wiU  be  seen  from 
the  foregoing  brief  synopsis  that  Major  Adam's  career  has  been  an  eventful 
one.  He  is  a  man  of  more  than  average  height,  splendid  build,  a  quick  eye, 
sturdy  and  impetuous  in  temperament,  an  entertaining  conversationalist, 
ready  wit,  and  a  man  whose  imposing  address  and  general  bearing  will  al- 
ways command  attention  in  a  multitude.  Considering  the  prominence  of 
his  origin,  coupled  with  the  praiseworthy  record  he  has  earned  for  himself, 
he'possesses  little  of  that  unenviable  quality  of  vanity  and  conceit  that  is 
found  so  distasteful  in  the  majority  of  men  who  possess  such  a  historic  i)ed- 
igree  in  addition  to  their  natural  talents,  and  he  is  therefore  entitled  to 
greater  praise  for  his  becoming  modesty.  Whilst  he  takes  a  deep  interest 
in  the  welfare  of  the  community  in  which  he  lives,  he  is  also  closely  devoted 
to  his  interesting  family. 

SAMUEL  FINLY  BLYTHE 
Was  born  in  Fairfield,  Adams  county,  Pennsylvania,  February  14,  1842. 
At  the  age  of  fourteen  he  commenced  learning  the  printer's  trade  in  the 
office  of  the  "Repository  and  Whig,"  at  Chambersburg,  Pa.,  and  after  serv- 
ing two  years  as  apprentice,  removed  to  Eaton,  Ohio,  and  finished  learning 
his  trade  in  the  office  of  the  "  Eaton  Democrat."  After  a  year's  tramp  as  a 
"jour."  through  the  States  of  Ohio,  Kentucky  and  Indiana,  the  breakmg 
out  of  the  Rebellion  found  him  at  Eaton,  where  he  enlisted  and  served  three 
years  and  three  months  in  the  Twenty-second  Ohio  Infantry,  participatmg 
with  that  regiment  in  the  battles  of  Fort  Donelson,  Shiloh,  Cormth,  Siege 


194  BEPRESENTATIVE    MEN    OF    OREGON. 

of  Corinth,  battle  of  Corinth,  Siege  of  Vicksburg,  capture  of  Little  Rock, 
and  other  engagements  of  lesser  note.  Mustered  out  in  1864,  he  re-enlisted 
in  the  Second  United  States  Veteran  Vohmteer  Infantry,  under  General 
Hancock,  and  served  a  year  in  the  Army  of  the  Potomac.  In  1866  he  crossed 
the  plains  from  St.  Joseph,  Misiouri,  to  Montana,  with  an  ox  team,  coming 
by  way  of  the  Black  Hills,  through  the  Sioux  country.  The  train  with  which 
he  traveled  was  harassed  and  detained  several  times  by  hostile  Indians,  and 
from  Fort  Reno  it  was  piloted  to  Gallatin  valley  by  Jim  Bridger,  the  cele- 
brated scout  and  Indian  fighter.  Mr.  Blythe  settled  on  a  quarter  section  of 
land  in  Gallatin  valley  in  the  fall  of  1866,  but  abandoned  it  the  next  Spring 
for  a  "sit"  on  the  "Montana  Post,"  in  Virginia  City.  After  setting  type  for 
a  year  at  one  doUar  per  thousand,  during  which  time  he  had  a  "fat  take"  for 
forty  days  on  bill  work  during  the  legislative  session,  he  thought  he  had 
all  the  money  he  wanted  and  went  to  the  States  in  the  Spring  of  1868,  mak- 
ing the  trip  down  the  Missouri  by  steamboat  from  Fort  Benton  to  Sioux 
City.  He  returned  to  Montana  in  the  fall  of  1868,  by  way  of  the  Union  Pa- 
cific railroad  as  far  as  Green  river,  the  end  of  the  road  at  that  time,  and 
passed  over  ground  along  the  Platte  river  in  a  few  hours  where  he  had 
toiled  for  days  and  weeks  with  an  ox  train  but  two  years  before.  He  went 
to  California  in  1869  and  came  to  Portland  July  5,  1870,  along  with  the  ma- 
terial for  the  old  "  Bulletin."  Of  the  large  force  of  employes  that  came 
with  the  "Bulletin"  material,  Mr.  Blythe  is  the  only  one  left  in  Oregon. 
He  was  a  compositor  on  that  paper  up  to  the  time  of  its  suspension  in  1875, 
with  the  exception  of  one  year,  when  he  was  employed  on  the  "  Evening 
News."  He  was  married  July  30,  1873,  to  Miss  Emma  J.  Nation,  of  Port- 
land, and  they  have  two  children.  He  was  one  of  the  incorporators  of  the 
"  Portland  Bee,"  in  1875,  but  disposed  of  his  interest  when  a  majority  of  the 
stockholders  voted  to  change  its  independent  character.  His  health  be- 
coming impaired,  in  1877  he  removed  to  Hood  River,  where  he  engaged  in 
farming  for  three  years.  In  1881  he  came  back  to  Portland  and  has  since 
been  associated  with  Edward  Casey  in  the  publication  of  the  "  Farmer  and 
Dairyman." 


CAPTAIN    J.    R,    WILEY, 

Whose  name  is  familiar  to  all  those  who  have  resided  in  Portland  for  any 
number  of  years,  is  a  gentleman  whose  natural  aspirations  are  such  that  it 
is  with  a  positive  degree  of  pride  we  place  his  name  on  record  as  one  whose 
example  is  worthy  of  emulation  by  the  ambitious  students  who  are 
destined  to  occupy  prominent  positions  in  life  for  years  to  come.  Captain 
Wiley,  as  he  is  familiarly  called,  is  the  step-son  of  the  late  William  P.  Burke, 
who  was  foremost  amongst  Oregon's  best  citizens.  Captain  Wiley  was  born 
near  Mineral  Point,  Iowa  county,  Wisconsin,  December  30,  1847,'and  with 
his  parents  removed  to  Portland  in  December,  1852.  His  school-boy  days 
were  spent  principally  in  the  Portland  Academy,  from  1861  till  1664.  In 
the  latter  year  his  parents  sent  him  to  the  Jesuit  College,  Santa  Clara,  Cali- 
fornia, and  he  graduated  therefrom  in  1867.  The  devoted  fathers  of  that 
institution  still  refer  with  pride  to  young  Wiley's  adaptation  to  his  studies 


KEPRESENTATIVE    MEN    OF    OREGON.  195 


whilst  under  their  charge.    Eeturning  home  after  graduating,  he  startoj  a 
parochial  school  in  connection  with  the  cathedral  of  thia  citv,  and  remained 
there  for  one  year,  when  he  was  elected  County  School  Siiperinten.lt.nt,  in 
1868,  which  position  he  resigned  one  year  later  to  accept  the  deputy  County 
Clerkship  under  Mr.  B.  L.  Norden,  and  retained  that  position  until  the  close 
of  the  term  in  July,  1870.    During  a  portion  of  the  time  that  he  was  Scliool 
Superintendent  he  was  also  Deputy  Marshal  under  Mr.  A.  L.  Zeiber.    In 
July,  1870,  he  took  charge  of  the  commercial  and  aclvertisiug  departments 
of  the  "Daily  Herald,"  and  resigned  that  position  several  mouths  after  to 
accept  the  captaincy  of  the  Portland  police  force,  being  the  first  man  chosen 
for  that  office,  and  he  held  it  until  March,  1875.    Two  months  after  he 
was  elected  to  the  Common  Council,  and  in  that  capacity  served  the  city's 
best  interests  fgr  a  term  of  three  years.    During  his  spare  moments  he  ap- 
plied himself  to  the  study  of  law.     In  the  Spring  of  1879  he  was  appointed 
Justice  of  the  Peace,  and  served   for  one  and  a  half  years,  at  the  end  of 
which  time  he  started  a  real  estate  agency.     In  February,  1882,  he  purcUased 
the  "Catholic  Sentinel,"  and  since  that  time  has  ably  conducted  it,  and  his 
literary  efforts  entitle  him  to  rank  amongst  the  foremost  literary  men  of  our 
State.   He  has  at  all  times  taken  an  active  part  in  military  and  civic  mattens, 
and  has  been  for  many  years  an  active  member  of  the  Board  of  Fire  Dele- 
gates from  Multnomah  Engine  Company  No.  2.    He  served  for  four  years 
from  1871  till  1875,  as  Captain  of  the  Emmet  Guard.    He  was  also  appointed 
on  Major  General  Effinger's  staff,  with  the  rank  of  Major,  in  1878,  holding  that 
position  until  the  present  time.    He  was  Sergeant-at-Arms  of  the  House,  in 
1876,  when  ex-Governor  Grover  was  elected  to  the  Senate.    In  the  societies 
connected  with  the  Catholic  Church,  of  which  he  has  always  been  a  faithful 
and  consistent  member,  he  has  held  many  positions  of  trust,  having  been 
President  of  the  St.  Vincent  de  Paul  Society  for  eight  years.    He  is  also  State 
Treasurer  of  the  A.  O.  H.,  and  for  four  years  has  been  successively  elected 
President  of  the  Father  Mathew  Temperance  Society.    The  above  is  a  short 
summary  of  his  career,  and  it  certainly  is  a  commendable  one.    Without 
any  desire  to  flatter,  we  can  say  that  no  man  ever  looked  more  earnestly 
after  the  welfare  of  the  suffering  and  needy,  or  is  more  ready  to  aid  them  in 
accordance  with  his  means,  than  is  this  gentleman;  and  he   is  amongst 
those  whose  unostentatious  acts  of  friendship  and  charity  resound  their 
praise  more  eloquently  than  all  the  laudations  that  language  can  devLse. 
Captain  Wiley  was  married  February  9, 1874,  to  Miss  Maggie  Hickey,  a 
highly-esteemed  young  lady.    A  trio  of  fine,  healthy  children  now  occupy 
their  parental  solicitation  and  add  to  the  ornamentation  and  comfort  ot 
their  household. 


J.  F.  ATKINSON. 
Amongst  the  several  Portland  printers  who  are  well  known,  there  are  few 
who  have  had  a  more  varied  experience  than  the  one  whose  name  appears 
above.  His  early  life  was  spent  in  roving,  and  we  are  satisfied  he  is  correct 
in  the  statement  that  a  recital  of  his  perigrinations  when  between  tlie  ages 
of  fifteen  and  twenty-five  would  alone  almost  fill  this  book.    He  came  to 


196  REPEESENTATIVE    INIEN    OF    OREGON. 


Portland  in  1867,  where  he  was  engaged  as  a  compositor  on  the  "  Oregon- 
ian."  In  November,  1868,  he  made  his  first  venture  in  the  field  of  journal- 
ism, and  started  the  "Daily  Evening  Bulletin"— the  first  evening  paper 
published  in  Portland.  He  labored  late  and  early,  filling  the  positions  of 
editor,  business  manager,  foreman  and  compositor,  for  seven  months,  but 
finding  more  labor  than  pay  in  it,  he  became  discouraged  and  buried  it 
amongst  the  things  of  the  past,  although  there  was  a  brilliant  outlook 
ahead.  In  February,  1870,  in  partnership  with  Mr.  H.  L.  Herman,  he 
started  the  "  Catholic  Sentinel."  For  two  years  he  was  connected  with  that 
paper,  and  then  disposed  of  his  interest  to  his  partner.  For  the  next  few 
years  we  find  him  "  working  at  the  case"  on  Ben  HoUaday's  "  Bulletin," 
and  also  for  his  late  partner,  Mr.  Herman.  In  1874  he  started  a  small  job 
office,  and  in  July  of  that  year  purchased  the  "  Commercial  Reporter,"  and 
continued  the  publication  of  that  paper  for  the  next  seven  years,  and 
to  his  efforts  are  the  business  men  indebted  for  a  vast  amount  of  val- 
uable statistics  of  this  State.  In  March,  1875,  he  started  the  "Sunday 
Welcome,"  the  first  Sunday  paper  in  Oregon,  and  under  his  guidance  it 
gained  the  largest  circulation  and  influence  of  any  family  publication  in 
the  State.  On  January  1,  1880,  he  took  in  a  partner,  one  who  had  been 
employed  by  him  on  the  "Reporter"  for  four  years  previous.  On  the  26th 
of  June  the  new  firm  purchased  the  Daily  and  Weekly  "  Bee"  and  the 
"Northwestern  Newspaper  Union,"  and  ran  them  in  connection  with  their 
other  publications.  On  the  23d  of  Aup-ust  they  changed  the  name  of  the 
"Bee"  to  the  ill-fated  one  of  "  Bulletin."  In  September  of  the  same  year 
Mr.  A.  started  a  livery  and  hack  stable  on  Front  and  Taylor  streets,  and 
had  good  promise  of  success.  About  two  months  later  he  became  afflicted 
with  his  eyes,  finally  resulting  in  the  loss  of  sight  of  one  optic.  During 
the  period  of  his  prostration  his  business  ran  on  the  down  grade  and  the 
result  was  a  dissolution  of  co-partnership,  followed  by  a  disposition  of  the 
enterprises  and  the  discontinuance  of  the  "Evening  Bulletin."  After  a 
brief  rest,  he  started  the  "  Sunday  Chronicle,"  February  13,  1881,  and  con- 
tinued the  publication  of  it  until  December  10th  of  the  same  year,  when  he 
sold  out  in  order  to  embark  in  another  enterprise  with  R.  C.  W^hite,  who 
was  formerly  employed  by  him.  The  disastrous  result  of  this  last  enter- 
prise is  familiar  to  all  Portlanders,  and  as  Mr.  Atkinson  at  the  time  pub- 
lished, over  his  own  signature,  a  statement  in  the  public  press  which  has 
never  been  controverted,  it  is  generally  believed  that  he  was  the  sufferer. 
With  all  Mr.  Atkinson's  misfortunes,  he  is  sanguine  that  the  future  has 
something  brighter  in  store  for  him,  and  his  numerous  friends  certainly  de- 
sire that  his  expectations  may  be  fulfilled.  He  was  united  in  matrimony 
to  Miss  Mary  I.  Stephens,  a  highly-respected  young  lady,  on  the  9th  of 
January,  1871.  The  ceremony  was  performed  in  the  Catholic  Cathedral  of 
this  city,  solemn  High  Mass  being  sung  on  the  occasion,  this  being  the  first 
time  that  that  honor  was  extended  to  a  newly-married  couple  in  this  dio- 
cese. Mrs.  Atkinson  came  to  this  coast  quite  young,  on  the  steamship  Con- 
tinental, in  company  with  her  brother-in-law,  Hon.  A.  S.  Mercer,  whose 
fame,  achieved  in  his  early  efforts  to  people  Washington  Territory  and  Ore- 


REPRESENTATIVE    MEN    OF    OREGON.  197 


gon,  IS  world-wide.  An  interesting  and  happy  little  family  add  comfort 
and  hope  to  Johnny's  ambition,  and  we  know  of  no  one  whose  future  auo- 
cess  will  give  such  general  satisfaction  to  the  people  of  Portland  tiiun  the 
subject  of  this  sketch. 

WALLACE  R.  STRUBLE, 
Another  editor  of  the  "  Sunday  Welcome,"  was  born  iu  Chesterville,  Ohio, 
on  June  4,  1856.  He  entered  the  Central  Ohio  College  at  an  early  age  and 
remained  there  for  some  years.  Before  graduating  he  severed  his  connec- 
tion with  the  above-named  institution,  where  his  time  had  been  chiefly  de- 
voted to  literary  pursuits.  He  continued  bis  studies  after  leaving  college, 
and  soon  found  himself  writing  for  the  press.  In  1873  he  came  to  Oregon 
and  has  been  so  favorably  impressed  with  the  climate  and  people  that  he 
wisely  concluded  to  remain.  Since  his  advent  iu  this  State  he  has  been 
connected  in  various  capacities  with  different  journals  and  has  always 
shown  himself  competent  and  etficient.  As  a  writer,  Mr.  Struble  is  light 
and  vivacious,  rather  than  deep  and  penetrating.  As  a  delineator  of  hum- 
orous sketches,  he  stands  prominent,  and  has  the  faculty  of  seizing  upon 
the  most  prosaic  facts  and  by  a  mere  touch  of  the  pen  transform  tbem  into 
laughable  episodes.  He  belongs  to  the  noble  army  of  benedicts,  having 
married  some  years  ago. 

J.    B.    FITHIAN 

Was  born  Virginia,  June  30,  1850,  and  commenced  schooling  in  Philadel- 
phia, Pennsylvania.  Before  the  breaking  out  of  the  war  in  1861,  he  went 
to  Western  Missouri  and  there  remained  until  after  the  struggle.  He  then 
went  to  Wisconsin  and  finished  schooling  in  the  Seminary  at  Hudson, 
studied  law  at  that  city  with  Glover  &  Clinton,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
at  Eau  Claire,  in  1871.  Proceeding  to  Omaha  he  was  there' connected  with 
the  law  firm  of  Redick  &  Briggs  for  a  time,  and  then  went  to  Kansas  where, 
after  about  two  years'  practice,  he  embarked  in  the  publication  of  the  To- 
peka  Daily  and  Weekly  "Blade,"  and,  after  the  assassination  of  his  part- 
ner, became  editor.  In  1876  he  was  commissioned  Captain  of  Company  F, 
Second  Kansas  Regiment,  called  out  by  Governor  Osborn  to  aid  the  Fed- 
eral troops  in  the  Indian  war.  In  1877  he  was  a  delegate  to  the  Kansiis 
Democratic-Greenback-Labor  Convention,  which  met  in  Wyandotte,  and 
was  elected  Chairman  of  the  State  Central  Committee  of  that  party.  The 
Convention  -represented  80,000  votes,  but  at  the  subsequent  election  polled 
about  30,000,  the  Democratic  strength.  As  Chairman  of  the  Committee, 
he  published  a  letter  dissolving  the  combination  and  advising  the  Dera-  • 
ocrats  to  maintain  their  organization  distinct.  He  was  afterwards  editor 
of  the  Sedalia,  Missouri,  "Bazoo"  (daily,  weekly  and  Sunday  moniiug 
editions).  Coming  to  Portland,  Oregon,  he  was  for  a  time  editor  of  the 
"Evening  Telegram,"  and  a  reporter  of  the  "Evening  Bee."  Then  went 
to  Oregon  City  and  published  the  "Democrat"  two  years.  During  his 
stay  there  he  was  Chairman  of  the  Democratic  Central  Committee  of 
Clackamas  county,  and  a  member  of  the  State  Convention,  whicu  elected 


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delegates  to  the  Democratic  National  Convention,  which  placed  General 
W.  S.  Hancock  in  nomination  for  the  Presidency.  Shortly  after  the  defeat 
of  Hancock  the  "  Democrat"  was  suspended.  He  was  a  member  of  Gover- 
nor W.  W.  Thayer's  staff  with  the  rank  of  Lieutenant-Colonel  of  the  mil- 
itia.    He  is  now  city  editor  of  the  "  Standard." 


EDWARD    CASEY, 

The  editor  of  the  "Northwestern  Farmer  and  Dairyman,"  of  Portland,  was 
born  in  Queenstown,  Ireland,  on  the  29th  of  February,  1852,  was  brought 
to  America  when  an  infant,  his  parents  locating  at  the  Flower  City,  Roches- 
ter, New  York,  where  his  early  life  was  spent  in  school  and  on  the  farm.  At 
the  early  age  of  twelve  years  he  was  imbued  with  the  patriotic  spirit  of  the 
times,  and  ran  away  from  home  to  join  the  United  States  Navy.  He  was 
soon  taken  out  by  his  parents,  but  left  home  again,  after  one  night,  and 
joined  the  Sixth  Tennessee  Regiment,  in  transit  from  the  Potomac  to  the 
Cumberland  Army,  and  commanded  by  Jim  Brownlow,  son  of  the  famous 
Parson  Brownlow.  Young  Casey  became  known  as  "  the  child  of  the  regi- 
ment," and  was  a  pet  with  the  officers  and  the  men  on  account  of  his  en- 
durance, fearlessness  and  general  usefulness.  He.  was  mustered  out  of  ser- 
vice in  1865  and  for  the  next  few  years  worked  at  farming  at  Knoxville, 
Tennessee,  in  Greene  county,  Indiana,  and  in  Illinois,  in  the  meantime  tak- 
ing every  opportunity  to  improve  his  mind  at  school  during  winther  months. 
In  Illinois,  he  learned  the  rudiments  of  the  harness  and  saddlery  trade,  follow- 
ing that  business  for  the  next  few  years  in  Greenfield,  Ohio,  and  then  at  home 
in  Rochester,  New  York.  In  1870  he  bid  farewell  to  his  friends  and  started 
for  Helena,  Montana,  where  for  two  years  he  followed  the  various  avoca- 
tions of  mining,  harness-making,  stage-driving  and  gardening.  He  next 
joined  the  Eastwick  surveying  party  of  the  N.  P.  R.  R.  Company,  which 
made  the  first  survey  from  the  mouth  of  Snake  river  to  Pend  d'Oreille  lake. 
Leaving  the  party  in  Walla  Walla,  W.  T.,  he  entered  a  printing  office  and 
in  the  next  two  years  acquired  an  excellent  knowledge  of  that  bxisiness  in 
every  branch — as  devil,  compositor,  pressman,  city  editor  and  chief  scribe. 
He  was  also  employed,  for  a  short  time,  as  publisher  of  the  "  Pendletonian," 
the  first  paper  issued  in  Umatilla  county,  Oregon.  Branching  out  again, 
we  next  catch  him  punching  tickets  on  Dr.  Baker's  wooden  railroad.  In  a 
few  months  more  we  find  him  employed  on  the  "  Statesman,"  in  Salem,  un- 
til the  spirit  of  restlessness  again  seized  and  prompted  him  to  start  the 
"  Itemizer"  at  Dallas,  Polk  county,  a  journal  that  he  conducted  ably  for  the 
next  four  years,  until  1878,  when  he  disposed  of  it  and  settled  on  a  farm 
near  Dallas,  where  he  is  considered  a  model  farmer  by  his  neighbors,  and 
where  for  the  next  three  years  his  labors  as  a  practical  agriculturist 
were  crowned  with  success.  Whilst  a  resident  of  Dallas  he  was  elected  a 
member  of  the  City  Council  and  by  that  body  was  unanimously  chosen 
President — quite  an  honor  for  so  young  a  man.  Conceiving  that  there  was 
an  opening  for  the  establishment  of  a  business  that  embraceid  the  principal 
study  of  his  life  with  the  acquiring  and  disseminating  of  knowledge  con- 
genial with  that  study,  he  rented  his  farm  and  came  to  Portland  in  June, 


KEPEESENTATIVE  MEN  OF  OREGON.        IW 


1881,  and  secured  the  "Northwestern  Farmer  and  Dairyman,"  and  haH 
made  it  a  valuable  monthly  visitor  to  the  aj:,'riculturi8t.  In  December,  1881, 
he  secured  Mr.  Samuel  F.  Blythe  as  partner  in  the  publication  of  the  jour- 
nal. Mr.  Casey  is  the  editor  and  business  man  of  the  enterprise,  and  to  no 
more  worthy  and  intelligent  gentleman  could  such  an  important  i»ositii>n 
be  entrusted.  He  has  received  flattering  recognition  from  some  of  the  most 
eminent  and  practical  writers  on  agriculture,  and  the  "  Farmer  and  Dairy- 
man" is  often  quoted  by  the  leading  agricultural  journals  of  the  East.  He 
has  traveled  through  about  twenty-five  States  and  Territt)rieB,  and  at  all 
times  has  taken  ^  deep  interest  in  agricultural  pursuits.  He  is  well  qnah- 
fied  to  give  the  result  of  his  observations  to  the  patrons  of  the  "Farmer 
and  Dairyman,"  as  he  is  thoroughly  practical  in  all  his  ideas.  Mr.  Casey 
is  an  honored  member  of  the  order  of  Odd  Fellows.  He  was  married  to 
Miss  Ellen  Robbins,  a  highly  accomplished  young  lady  of  Dallas,  on  the  3d 
of  July,  1875,  but  on  the  17th  of  January,  1879,  his  beloved  wife  jiassed  from 
this  life  to  "  that  bourne  from  whence  no  traveler  returns,"  leaving  two 
children,  a  boy  and  a  girl,  to  occupy  the  care  and  attention  of  her  sorrow- 
ing "husband.  He  is  yet  unmarried,  and  now  devotes  his  time  to  improving 
and  perfecting  the  "  Northwestern  Farmer  and  Dairyman." 


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